Posts Tagged ‘legalese’
KRS-One Seeks to Consolidate Hip-Hop
November 24th, 2004
+ CLICK TO ENLARGE Armed with a team of lawyers and a ten-dollar Army cap, KRS gave a press conference on the steps of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, announcing a campaign for what he called the “reinsertification of hip-hop culture.” Waving a fistful of patent and trademark application forms, KRS-One informed members […]
Dear Gossiping Bitch
November 18th, 2004
Dear Gossiping Bitch,
It’s good to know you didn’t completely fall the hell off! I was a tad bit worried. I was like “What’s up with that gossiping Bitch?” So, anyhoo – I look forward to seeing you back and stride again.
7L & Esoteric Sellout; Respond to El-P, Orkney
March 1st, 2004
The latest blow in the Demigodz / Weathermen indie rap beef wars is a strange one: Not to be outdone, 7L & Esoteric have broken silence with an ad of their own in response to El-P’s sellout sponsorship to Scottish ale maker, Orkney earlier this week. “I mean, El-P did his beer, so we were […]
Anticon/Dre Beef; Sole Raises the Stakes
February 3rd, 2004
As the remix craze scales ever more ridiculous heights, we now hear that Sole’s abandoning his plans to remix Weezer’s Blue album using only samples from Weezer’s Green album, and instead concentrate on “The Antichronic (The Day The Crackers Took Over)”, something he described this weekend as “a re-imagining” of Dre’s 1992 classic, and “my […]
Stan Lee/Marvel Sue MF Doom? – UPDATED
February 1st, 2004
It may be too early to call it, but the Gossiping Bitches just caught word that Stan Lee & Marvel are suing MF Doom for copyright infringement. We’ve even heard Stones Throw had to pull the cover artwork to the Madvillain project cause Doom was cold-chilling with the mask on the album. If this news […]
Dre Claims ‘Advanced Album’; Anticon Goes to Court
January 31st, 2004
Dr. Dre and once Roots mainstay, Scott Storch claim they have “the most advanced rap album ever.” And they say it is Dr. Dre’s new album, The Detox. “I’d describe it as the most advanced rap album musically and lyrically,” says Scott Storch. When asked if he was familiar with Anticon and the label/collective’s history […]