Thursday - August 31, 2006 by Jolene "foxxylady" Petipas C-Murder A recent appearance at a Spike Lee movie premiere by Corey Miller, formerly known as C-Murder, has led a judge to put the rapper on 24-hour house arrest until his re-trial. As SOHH previously reported, the New Orleans bred rapper was originally put on 24-hour house arrest in March when he was released from jail, after the Louisiana Supreme Court overturned his murder conviction and accepted his request for a new trial. Miller was convicted of second-degree murder in 2003, for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of Steve Thomas, 16, outside the now-defunct Pl Platinum Club in Louisiana. On July 14, Judge Martha Sassone, who set Miller's bond in March, released the rapper from home incarceration, giving him a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and ordered him to remain within Orleans and Jefferson Parishes. Barely a month later, Miller's house arrest was reinstated by a state appeals court that ruled Sassone's decision to remove the rapper from home confinement was improper. According to The Times-Picayune , Sassone had planned to put Miller on partial house arrest but changed her mind after she saw the rapper violate his home confinement by doing a televised interview at the August 16th premiere of Spike Lee's HBO documentary, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts." "You're on home incarceration to prepare for a defense, not to have a social life," Sassone told Miller during a hearing on Tuesday (August 29). Sassone allowed Miller to attend Sunday church services, but rejected a request to let him exercise in a park. The date for Miller's re-trial has yet to be announced.

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The night's biggest shocker wasn't even on the actually VMA telecast. It was during the pre-show when LL COOL J shows up with 50cent and says that the music at Def Jam hasn't been good lately and he wants to surround himself with good music, hence his new alliance with 50cent. He went on to say how the promotions at Def Jam sucked ass and that basically he gonna suck 50's dick because he prefers a bukakke to the kink that Jay Z is into which involves shitting on people. All this while R&B is the biggest thing at the once legendary rap label and the label president prepare his world tour and sets up a Rocawear boutique in NYC for fashion week.

I am happy that LL bosses up, too bad it comes after people are losing respect for 50s ability to breathe life back in this hip hop game.

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Beyonce... Lord have mercy. I WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE THE HYPE AROUND THIS CHICK! Yes Beyonce can sing. Yes Beyonce is beautiful. Yes she works hard. She gets an "A' for effort, but how dare she re-enact Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation on a VMA ceremony that clearly is shutting Janet out. Not only is that an insane lack of orginality but it's just disrespectful. Janet is promoting a cd that celebrates 20 years of creative innovation and excellence and here comes SONY/Columbia's cash cow giving the world justification for all the hate/venom she has received lately. No one is asking the world of Beyonce, we are just asking that you live up to all this ridiculous self importance you exude. Rather than release an album you should have gone back to school and by school I am not talking about Janet's entire video catalog. (Shakira should be a little pissed too... )

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Yawn, yawn....Oh is it over yet? Damn, the VMA's was a boring awards show. I don't know which is worse, the VMA's or The Vibe Awards. Will The Dirty Awards get here quick fast and in a hurry.

But anyway, there were a few bright spots in the place, most notably T.I. and Young Dro ripping the stage on "What You Know." That was a given though. I was surprised that 'Dro hit the stage with Tip, but it was a good promotional move for Dro's album nevertheless. An ingenious move, one of the reasons why Grand Hustle is rapidly growing into a powerhouse.

Did you check out Diddy's right hand man? What it do Joc? I ain't mad at cha'-I couldn't think of a better situation to be in, just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Alot of low points...my high point of the night>>>shakira.jpg
Oh My!!!

And Ludacris, first Nasdaq, then converting to the fade now the dapper threads...I can see it now he's stepping into mogul status sooner than we thought. Believe it. Did you peep when Luda was about to wrap up "Money Maker," out of nowhere Nicole S. and her pussy-cats stroll out. Had to luv that too.

Finally, in other news what happened to the "new" Dream Team? Do we need to start trimming salaries and revoking ghetto passes. Yo, Joe Johnson when you get home we gotta' get an explanation for this son.

Bumpin In the Changer...witchdoctor.jpg
...A hood classic

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I was rooting for him. I really was.

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Busta's first week numbers, which did 200,000 and change, was one of the best to tackle the first week rap entry on the charts this year. But that was just the beginning. And that beginning was June 23rd. It's now September 1st.

Many figured that he was just getting off to a slow start, and that he'd soon pick up where the explosiveness of "Touch It" had left off. But for whatever reason, Busta has only pushed about 500,000 copies after ten weeks. Ten weeks of "I Love My Chick," throwback showboating on "New York Shit," sashaying around on endless BET and MTV2 appearances, massive "106th and Park" airplay, heavy daytime BET video rotation, mixtapes, the Rick James-featured "In the Ghetto," and crazy radio spins has taken Flatbush's finest to... #76 on the charts. I don't understand.

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I know there were a few push-backs on the album (which was originally slated for release in March, then April, etc), but really, when you know you're gonna have a single as crack as "Touch It," there should be a thorough, well-organized agenda that insures everything goes as planned. This is where the album sales got jacked.

You've done all the promotion you could possibly do, spent more money than what you'll ever see in return, and all for nothing. The Big Bang was a pretty well-put together album, but still I must admit. As a rider for the NEW New York movement, I'm disappointed. The Brooklynite has failed to deliver. So now what?

I got love for my mans Tru Life. But for something that appeared to look so promising, well, it's looking kinda iffy right about now.

For all of this, GOLD is an insult. A slap in the face. Whatever happened to that New York shit?

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"I was sitting behind 50 Cent and he told me I was gonna win, I didn' t believe it"-Chamillionaire

Chamillionaire, Beyoncé , and Slim Thug all snabbed VMAs last night (August 31st).

Cham looked like he was about to have a breakdown while accepting his award for "Best Rap Video," but he still managed to summon enough composure to shout out the fallen soldiers: DJ Screw, Fat Pat, and Big Hawk. It's no surprise that Curtis "Interscope" Jackson knew that the award would go to Koopa, but, I don't know that anybody else deserved it better. MTV finally got something right. By the way, Cham has confirmed that him and Fitty have been working on a lil' somethin' together in the studio.

Speaking of collaborations, Beyoncé 's joint with Slim Thug, "Check on It," unsurprisingly clinched the "Best R&B Video" award. I wonder if Slim is excited about winning a moonman that says "Best R&B Video." Well, at least, he went out there to support his collaborator (Thugga was on stage before Beyoncé even realized she had won), unlike Snoop who just sat stiff when those ugly ass Pussycat Dolls won an award for their Snoop-featured hit, "Buttons". Snoop was shaking his head like "I don't know them hoes."

Anyhow, this year's show was boring from intro to outro, but congratulations to Slim, Bey, and of course, Chamillionaire for their respective awards.

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