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Through the rain, through the storm, they still remain buddie-ol-pals.

As many may or may not have known, Tru Life was put on blast via YouTube last week, which exposed him poppin shit about Snoop Dogg, the very guy that helped Tru catch a come-up. Yes, the footage itself is old. But whoever put that vid into rotation knew what they were doing; Snoop is executive producing Tru's album, so apparently this person was trying to throw salt in the game. I remember reading about Tru saying himself that nobody was fucking with him before Snoop gave him a chance. But in the footage Tru was saying "We ain't fuckin' with Snoop. He called me after his house got shot up." Blah blah blah.

However, Snoop dismissed the footage found, telling MTV that he's still down for Tru being that the footage was shot before they started doing biz:

Love poetry? Love hip-hop? Got skills with the ink? Articulation is flawless? Well the Lower East Side's Nuyorican Poets Cafe is the place to be every Tuesday-Sunday. From a variety of music including jazz, hip-hop, and Puerto Rican rhythms, to events such as beat battles, plays, and fashion shows, to the infamous Nuyorican Friday Night Poetry Slam and open mic opportunities, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe is the number one spot for your source of hip-hop in its purest form.

For some reason or another, I'm feeling like hip-hop is very much alive. Maybe it's because Nas has inspired KRS, maybe it's because Q-Tip is about to make a reappearance on the hip-hop scene with a new LP, or maybe it's because I was in the car this weekend and heard this Tru Life dis blasting on Hot97. No, I haven't copped the Tru York mixtape just yet, but I plan to.

If any of you are familiar with KRS' classic dis record that finished off MC Shan and the entire Juice Crew, "The Bridge is Over," then this hilarious impersonation of the '80s classic will give you a little dose of nostalgia:

… 105.1 has a Carl Blaze tribute, and Foxy’s releasing an album in a matter of weeks. What a week of news. Speaking of Foxy, I was listening to her verse on Nas’ “Affirmative Action” this weekend and the blatant, obvious, apparent ghostwriting behind those bars she was spitting was ringing my ear like an alarm.

Memphis Bleek once said something like spitting Hov’s rhymes would be the last thing he’d turn to because it wouldn’t be his success, it would be Jay’s success. Foxy should follow suit. But until then, with her on the way you can basically say we’re looking for another Jay-Z album.

New York City, are you serious about the empty comments section yesterday? You mean that NYoil joint sparked no reaction? Wooowww.

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