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Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell

R.I.P. Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell

Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell, member of Motown hit-makers The Corporation and half of the production duo The Mizell Brothers, has passed away. He was 68 years old. The cause of death is unknown. Mizell was recruited by writer-producer Deke Richards to join The Corporation, which also included Berry Gordy and Freddie......
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Dr. Dre Raps on Game's The R.E.D. Album, But Do We Care?

Confidence is key, as Compton rapper Game knows. Like our sister paper Village Voice said last week, Game (we hate that he dropped the "The") is "the ultimate company man ... he has kept admirably cool while the years pass by; instead, when asked about the delays in interviews, he......
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Justin Bieber Can't Sell Magazines: Beliebers, Pray Harder

So what if he has 10,805,222 (and counting) followers on Twitter? Justin Bieber can't sell magazines. The teen heartthrob (sorry, gross), who was on the cover of February's Vanity Fair , has only sold 246,000 copies of the magazine so far, giving him the honor of being VF's lowest-selling cover......
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Lil B Releases I'm Gay Album Out of the Blue

If you love Lil B, this is why. Skimming our Twitter feed, one of the Based God's posts caught our eye: "Lil B 'IM GAY' BUY NOW ON ITUNES ONLY! HISTORICAL PROJECT." Wait, when did this happen? The Bay Area rapper shook up the blogosphere like a snow globe when......
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Wanna Hear Tupac Throw Shade From the Grave?

In a just-released diss track called, "Watch Ya Mouth," Tupac proclaims, "Lemme get my preach on!" And he does, even if the congregation has a few weird members. Shooting verbal bullets at Dr. Dre and Nas, sticking conscious rappers De La Soul (huh?) with the line, "Ever since 'Me Myself......