Beanie's Back!

Beanie Sigel, former Roc-A-Fella/State Property artist is back on the scene with a new deal. He was once written off as a has been. He even started a feud with King Hov because he felt that Hov abandoned him. In actuality, The Jigga man gave Sig the nod a long time ago and Beans blew his money much like Young Buck. He expected the big homie to hold his hand and fix his money problems. When Jay didn't fall into the recklessness and poor money management issues of Beans, Beanie responded with diss tracks. In the end, Sig's legal issues caught up to him and after doing more time I think he had a chance to reflect. He later came back with a re-newed attitude and spirit apologizing for his disses to the big homie. He recently hit the studio and dropped a few new tracks that caught the attention of EMI exec.Chris Schwartz. Schwartz offered Beans a healthy new deal that would also allow for a new State Prop opportunity. This could be an interesting deal. Beanie says he will release a new mixtape in the next few weeks and the album "Classic" will drop sometime this summer. Big Ups, Beans!

Ri Ri Is Going Hard

"Little Miss Sunshine" as Hov called her, is flipping the script and going hard. Rihanna tweeted a pic of her at an LA tattoo parlor getting a new tat. We all have seen that she's become a "tataholic" adding new tattoo's all of the time. She recently, had THUG LIFE tatted on her knuckles. That seems a little much for the R&B/Pop diva. We can't confirm whether it's real or temporary. If it's real, all I can say is Daaaaaaaaaamn RiRi! Yeah, yeah, yeah she's so hard!

Dame Dash Is Livin The Cavi Life?

Since the sell of Roc A Fella Records Dame Dash has tried his hand at several unsuccessful ventures. Everything from Dame Dash Music Group (DDMG) to Dame Dash Films to a night club to doing music himself. None of which has worked out. At one point it was said that Dame was broke and owed a lot in taxes. Now he is launching a web series called "The Cavi Life". How does that work? Check out the video and let's see...

-Cavi Life- starring Cam'ron, Vado, Damon Dash, McKenzie Eddy, and more... from DD172 on Vimeo.

Dame Dash Gets Busted

Former Roc-A Fella co-founder Dame Dash was recently busted, but not for what you think. Dame Dash had some property on Duane St. in Manhattan. It was notorious spot for for art events, jam sessions with Jim Jones, Currensy, Mos Def and even worse wild parties. Obviously, the neighbors really don't like Dame Dash. I'm sure they kept a close eye on the place whenever they would see the beginnings of any activity. Trouble started when Dame began to sell alcohol in this spot without a liquor license. In a legal document obtained by a local paper states “were conducted in an open and notorious manner and the operators of this establishment appear to have evinced a ‘business as usual’ attitude in the subject premises.” Dash was hit with 6 counts of NY liquor code violations.

Uh-Oh It's The Return of The Originator None Greater

Former Jay-Z mentor Jaz-O says he will return to the rap game with a new mixtape. His rep says he is ready to get back in the game with no more breaks this time. Jaz-O has struggled to gain the respect that his former protege' Jay Z has. In fact, there has been a rift among the two since Jay founded Roc-A-Fella Records with Dame Dash and Kareem Biggs. Jaz-O felt slighted for not being included in that deal. There were some diss records released by Jaz-O and eventually Jay took the step to reach out to him and give him a nod by allowing Jaz-O to drop a verse on "Big Pimpin". Jaz-O didn't think that was enough and continued to diss Jay again. Most recently, in 2009 he dissed Jay on Game's joint "Gangsta's Ride". Jaz-O recently inked a digital distribution deal with Fork and Spoon Digital Distribution to re-release his Kingz County album from 2002. He currently has a new single out called "From Da Projects".

Watch The Throne...It's Coming Soon!

Jay Z and Kanye West have been rolling out several things surrounding this collaboration album. They have released the first song "Otis" which is not technically the official single but a teaser for the album. The name of the super group has been announced as "The Throne". Hence the title "Watch The Throne". In addition to the Group name, the first song release, and the album title, they are announcing tour dates for certain cities already. We at the BeatBox Show have the most current schedule:

"The Throne 2001" Tour Dates
09/22 – Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
09/24 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
09/25 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
09/27 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
09/28 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
09/29 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
10/04 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
10/06 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
10/07 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
10/08 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
10/10 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
10/13 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
10/14 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
10/16 – San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
10/17 – Sacramento, CA @ Power Balance Pavilion
10/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
10/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
10/21 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
10/25 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
10/26 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
10/29 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
10/30 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
11/01 – Baltimore, MD @ 1st Mariner Arena
11/03 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden

Will He Finally Be Famous???

Congrats goes out to Big Sean for Finally getting a release date, pun intended. Big Sean's debut album "Finally Famous" has been heavily anticipated. After many years on the scene killin several mixtapes and hot 16's on others songs, his album gets the green light. Finally Famous is scheduled to be released on June 28th. The lead single "My Last" featuring Chris Brown is burning up the airwaves right now. Kanye West was quoted as saying Big Sean will be the Beyonce to hip hop.