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BLESTeNATION Heads West: I enjoy KMK shows, and I've been a fan of Blestenation for years, so I'll try to go to one of these shows. Big props to the guys for signing with Subnoize. If you haven't heard BLESTe before, check out their videos.

'Blestenation is heading out to Arizona and New Mexico in October to hit the stage with the Kottonmouth Kings for a few special shows.

Be on the lookout for a new Blestenation EP coming real soon. Also look out for their debut album dropping this Winter on Suburban Noize Records.'

via MBC Digital

Retweet Eminem Scraps New Album

Rapper Eminem has scrapped the majority of material for his comeback album - because it's not "current" enough.

The Without Me hitmaker has been working on tracks for his follow up to 2004's Encore since last year (07), but his pal 50 Cent reveals the star has chosen to start from scratch to ensure his album is as new and relevant as possible.

He says, "A lot of material he wrote prior to this announcement (of the new album) is being scrapped. He's got to feel like it's just happened, it's new and it's current. That's just how he is creatively as an artist."

But the In Da Club rapper insists fans of Eminem won't have long to wait to hear the final results, although a release date has yet to be set."

50 Cent adds, "You'll be seeing him shortly. He's working. I spent the weekend at his house. Even though he tries to relax and stay home it's impossible for him to stay in." (MT/WNWCNM/IG)

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Retweet Suge Knight Slapped with Assault In Vegas

Marion “Suge” Knight, the 43 year old gangsta’ rap mogul, and former CEO of Death Row Records has been arrested in Las Vegas on a variety of felony and misdemeanor charges including assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a controlled substance.

According to an AP wire report, the rap promoter was booked into Clark County Jail, but later posted a $19,000 bail bond on the promise he would appear in Las Vegas court on September 26.

The incident reportedly took place when Knight was arrested by police in a parking lot near the Las Vegas strip, where he was found beating a woman said to be his girlfriend and brandishing a knife. The woman was not stabbed, but was treated at a nearby hospital. Police also discovered the drugs Ecstasy and hydrocodone in Knight’s possession. Knight surrendered without incident.

During the nineties, Knight was arguably the hottest rap promoter in music with this label Death Row Records. The label specialized in gangsta rap records by such pioneering west coast rappers as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and the late Tupac Shakur. Knight also became just as well known for his violent reputation, which over the years has included rumored gang affiliations and several brushes with the law.

Knight was in fact present the night that Shakur was gunned down gangland style in 1996, also in Las Vegas. Shakur’s murder was never completely solved, and less than a year later Christopher Wallace, a rival East coast rapper better known as Notorious B.I.G., was gunned down in similar fashion. Conspiracy theories connecting the two murders have proliferated on the internet and in music circles in the many years that have passed since, and in fact continue to this day.

Retweet BLESTeNATION - Here That Their

Collectively claiming that they "Put in more work than a crack ho before Christmas", they aren't kidding- having toured with the likes of Erick Sermon, Scarface and the Warped Tour as well as doing collabs with Travis Barker, Method Man, Kardinall Offishall and members of Helmet. MCs Werdplay and Varous met at a house party and later added Fafu as the DJ. Coming in 2008 is the group's debut record, Welcome To MBugout City, chalked full of rap/rock joints. For a taste, peep "Here that Their"- a joint which very cleverly uses a Dire Straits sample to further express what Blestenation is all about.

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Retweet BLESTeNATION - Blackout Feat. Lonnie

Wow. This video is really cool. Everyone should check it out and send their friends to watch it.

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