BEANIE TO DELUCA: Big Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy

FROM THE INQUIRER: In prison, he hadn’t written a word. “I wasn’t in that state of mind,” said Sigel, who’s as well-respected a lyricist within rap as he is notorious outside it for his run-ins with the law, which include a 2003 attempted-murder charge. (He was acquitted.) “I wasn’t Beanie Sigel then,” he says. “I was 57613-066.” When he came up with “Return of the Bad Guy,” Sigel thought it would be the title track of his next album. But “Bad Guy” did not even make it onto his fourth album, which comes out Tuesday. It’s called The Solution. “I want […]

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MONEY SHOT: Amy Winehouse Gobs Paparazzi

EDITOR’S NOTE: This may be the greatest celeb candid ever taken. It actually captures the loogie in mid-flight! Shades of Johnny Cash’s immortal middle finger! Seriously, give that guy a Pulitzer. And if anyone has earned the right to spit in the camera’s eye, it’s Miss Beehive 1965. God save Amy Winehouse. Please, God, we don’t ask for much. RELATED: The troubled singer Amy Winehouse finally has something to look forward to after receiving six Grammy nominations this afternoon. Winehouse, who has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons lately, received the second-highest number of nominations for the […]

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SERGE GAINSBOURG & BRIDGITTE BARDOT

“Bonnie & Clyde” RELATED: The young Center City Philadelphia couple charged with stealing many identities and tens of thousands of dollars to live a lavish lifestyle (see related story) has been arraigned on additional charges that they burglarized neighbors’ apartments as part of the alleged scheme. Bail for Jocelyn Kirsch was increased to $105,000, and bail for Edward Anderton was raised to $130,000, based on the new charges. Parents of the two defendants were in the courtroom and looking distraught on Thursday morning. Both families were expected to post bail, after which Kirsch was expected to return to her family’s […]

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AMY MADHOUSE: Still Crazy After All These This Year

If Amy Winehouse’s fans were hoping she might be trying to get her act together, these pictures will not provide much reassurance. Barefoot, and clad only in her bra and jeans, the troubled singer emerged from a friend’s house in Bow at 5.45 am on Sunday looking distressed and agitated — as her mother-in-law says she taking more drugs than ever. [via the DAILY MAIL]

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CONCERT REVIEW: Top Five Things You Should Know About Madlib At The Starlight Ballroom Last Night

WHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN: Madlib, Starlight Ballroom, Last Night NWA member Arabian Prince was nice enough to start the Bounce Tour early for the Starlight, queuing up a soundtrack of some old and new beats. Even better, Prince tested the crowd’s knowledge of some of the oldest jams, only to scoff at the general level of MC ignorance in the audience. It would appear that he’s still “with attitude.” Percee P has been in the game 19 years longer than you, and therefore is a far doper MC than you could ever hope to be. As if his […]

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