Warren G reunites with 213
Warren G's first album since 1997's Take A Look Over Your Shoulder will feature a reunion with Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg, his former partners from the pre-Chronic days of 213. Slick Rick, Jermaine Dupri, Eve and Drag-On are also expected to appear on the disc, which will be Warren's third. The album, titled, I Want It All is due to hit stores in October.
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Due at least in part to lower-than-expected sales of Noreaga's latest offering,
Tommy Boy Records is absorbing hip-hop subsidary Penalty Recordings.
The entire Penalty roster will be retained, which also included Nore's partner Capone and
Lord Finesse. The marketing and A&R departments were also spared, but everyone
else was released. "They felt that the results were not good enough for
the money they spent on Noreaga," a source told Launch. "So, they are letting everyone go. They had
marketing budgets of over $2 million and Noreaga has not sold nearly enough
records to recoup that as of now." Of course not all of the blame can be put
on Nore, especially if they were counting on people to buy
both album covers like their "cop 'em both" ads suggested. 
According to MTV, Master P is getting a second shot at the NBA.
After being cut by the Charlotte Hornets the week befor the strike-shortened
1999 season began, Master P has been invited to the
Toronto Raptors' training camp as part of a summer contract he recently signed
with the NBA team.
While terms of the contract were not disclosed, Raptors' media spokesman
Dave Haggith told MTV News that P signed the contract on Monday, and the
financial provisions would only kick in if he made the team.
Miller's involvement with the Raptors apparently began a few months after he was cut by the Hornets.
Haggith said that Master P was brought in for a workout with some of the
Raptors' assistant coaches in the middle of last season.
The Raptors' training camp officially opens on Oct. 5, and Master P is
expected to appear at the team's media day event on Oct. 4.
Rakim has donated the jacket he wore on the
album cover of 1988's Follow The Leader to the Rock N' Roll Hall
Of Fame's
"Roots, Rhymes & Rage: The Hip-Hop Story" exhibit, which opens on Nov. 11.
The R is also hard at work on his next solo release, The Master,
which is being produced by DJ Premier and Clark Kent and will feature
an appearance from Lauryn Hill. Four or five tracks from the upcoming album
were leaked to the internet, but there was no word on whether those songs will appear
on the album. 
Def Jam has released more information about the eagerly
awaited album from Redman and Method Man. The album, called
Blackout! is due Sept. 28 and will feature 16 new tracks, plus the previously released songs "How High," "Well Allritecha"
(from Redman's latest album), and "Big Dogs" (from Method Man's
latest). The first single is "Tear It Off," which was produced by Erick
Sermon and RZA and is also featured on the soundtrack to
"In Too Deep." Redman and Method Man will be promoting the album on the Family Values Tour, which will feature DMX, Limp
Bizkit and Crystal Method. 
As if a descriptive tale of hauling the mother of your child in the trunk of a car and dumping her body in a lake wasn't bad enough,
Eminem told MTV News that he plans to get "angrier" on his next album.
Eminem reportedly has completed six tracks for the new record,
which he apparently plans to complete in the next month before returning
to Europe in late October for a three-week tour.
While details about the follow-up to Slim Shady remain up in
the air, Eminem said that producer Dr. Dre has been even more involved
with the new album, which Em predicts will be even more extreme than
Slim Shady.
"I would say if anything, it's a little more angrier, if that makes sense,"
Eminem told MTV News. "'Cause now that I've got money or whatever,
it still doesn't mean that I can't be mad. I would say it's going in the
direction of just backlashing critics and people who criticize me for my
lyrics and the subjects that I rap about, but they don't live my life."
And rest assured that Dre will be more involved this time around.
"Dre, so far, has been a lot more involved with this new album,"
Eminem said, "and he's got a lot more tracks on this album as opposed to the
three he did on [Slim Shady]. But it's pretty much the same team, and if
Dre is not doing my stuff, then I'll work with my own production company."
Of course, with Dre on the scene that could mean we won't see the album for at least two or three years. 
Soon you'll be able to hear more from Chuck D than just that
"Pollywanacraka" sample on those strange new Target commercials.
Public Enemy will be hitting the road in October in support
of their critically acclaimed album, There's A Poison Goin' On, which
earlier this year beacame the first major hip-hop album released online. The tour
kicks off Oct. 3 in Minneapolis and travels through the Midwest to Milwaukee, Chicago
and Detroit before heading to the east coast. After a trip down south, the tour heads west and concludes Oct. 23
in Salem, Ore.
The complete schedule:
Oct. 3 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ First Avenue;
Oct. 5 - Milwaukee, Wis. @ Rave;
Oct. 6 - Chicago, Ill. @ House of Blues;
Oct. 7 - Detroit, Mich. @ The Majestic;
Oct. 8 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ TBA;
Oct. 9 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Mann Music Center;
Oct. 10 - Washington, D.C. @ The Nation;
Oct. 12 - Myrtle Beach, S.C. @ House of Blues;
Oct. 14 - New Orleans, La. @ House of Blues;
Oct. 15 - Austin, Texas @ Stubb's;
Oct. 17 - Denver, Colo. @ Gothic Theatre;
Oct. 19 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ House of Blues;
Oct. 20 - Solana Beach, Calif. @ Belly Up Tavern;
Oct. 21 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Maritime Hall;
Oct. 23 - Salem, Ore. @ Salem Armory.
Three years ago, on Sept. 13, 1996, 2Pac died in Las Vegas,
six days after being shot three times in a drive-by shooting while riding
in the passenger seat of a car driven by Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight.
An air of disbelief still surrounds his death -- maybe because he had
been shot five times in an earlier incident
and lived, or maybe because early reports said he would pull through,
or maybe because the eerie coincidences and fulfilled prophecies
that lace the seemingly endless posthumous albums of the self-proclaimed "Makaveli" suggest
he could have faked his own death. But chances are it's just wishful thinking
that he's still alive. And as time goes on, reality sets in, and you realize
that 2Pac truly is gone, and that the void he left will never be filled.
Later this month, The 411 Online will launch a tribute section that
will pay respect to all of hip-hop's fallen heroes. 2Pac will be the first artist featured. 
Apparently MTV figured out what it takes to get Jay-Z to show up for a party. After skipping out on both the Grammys and Source Awards, Jay-Z not only appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards, but performed as well. Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace presented Jigga with the award for best rap video for "Can I Get A..." Lauryn Hill took home four awards, Will Smith's "Miami" won best male video, Eminem was named best new artist and the Beastie Boys' "Intergalactic" beat out Busta and Janet, Lauryn Hill and TLC for best hip-hop video. (MTV has redefined hip-hop as rap influenced by rock, R&B or some other form of music -- what?!) Other hip-hop highlights included Dre, Snoop and Eminem bringing back "Nuthin' But a G Thang" and Run DMC's performance with Kid Rock and Aerosmith. 
Busta Rhymes was sentenced to five years probation in Manhattan Supreme Court
for possession of a loaded, unregistered .45-caliber automatic handgun.
He was facing up to seven years in prison for the charge, which he pleaded guilty
to in May. Police spotted the weapon after pulling over Busta and his manager for erratic driving.
He will begin serving his sentence in a year.
According to the Associated Press, Bad Boy Records CEO Sean "Puffy" Combs
was ordered Wednesday to undergo a day of anger management counseling
after pleading guilty to harassing a record company executive. Puff Daddy and
another man were arrested in April on charges of
assaulting Steven Stoute, who suffered a broken arm, a broken jaw and
cuts to his head after being hit with a chair and a champagne bottle.
Initially, Puff was charged with second-degree assault and faced
up to seven years in prison, but Stoute backed off the charges and he was allowed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of harassment.
Puffy was upset that Stoute let MTV air Nas' "Hate Me Now" video with a scene that showed
Nas and Puff nailed to a cross.
If getting your name in the news truly helps boost album sales, then ODB's latest should go platinum in its first week.
Ol' Dirty appeared in a Los Angeles court on Friday in an effort to get charges
dismissed in the case accusing him of illegally wearing a bulletproof vest.
It was the first of several court appearances scheduled for ODB in September. The L.A. case will continue
on Sept. 17, and he faces drug possession charges in New York on Sept. 9. His second album drops Sept. 14.
First Mase retired. Now he's going after his Ph.D? Well, not quite, but the former Bad Boy who coined
the phrase "playa-hatin' degree" is enrolled at Clark Atlanta University this semester. The 20-year-old, whose
decision to follow the Lord led him to leave hip-hop behind, is majoring in business. "He fits right in and acts just like any other student," Getchel
Caldwell, a school representative, told the Associated Press. "He’s not signing autographs. He’s very
serious about his education." He might not be living the life of a superstar anymore, but he does get a couple more perks than the average freshman: off-campus housing and special parking privileges. 