Monday 30 October 2006

[INFO] Time Is Money delayed further!

According to Supa Mario, it doesnt look like Time Is Money will be coming out on Nov. 14th after all due to more issues at the label. SMH!

Shouts to Supa

[Interview] Smoking Sessions with Styles P

Holiday talks more Time Is Money with TSS & about his come up in the game & upcoming mixtapes. Heres a few choice excerpts:

TSS: You’ve been in the game a good decade. How long
have you been doing this rap thing?


STYLES P: Oh, you ain’t just talking about industry-wise? You mean when I had “it“?

TSS: Yeah. At what point did you know you were really nice?

STYLES P: I would say around 7th grade, probably.

TSS: For real, that early? And this is coming up in Yonkers, right?

STYLES P: Yonkers is a town with a lot of MCs. So, it was like everybody was rapping, you know what I mean? And if your name was popping and good enough to be out there you had to
have something, because it was so many people. Before I was in the group, it was just
Kiss and Sheek rapping. I was on the other side of town. So, it was them, you had DMX, you had me, then you had a bunch of other Yonkers people. A good 20 to 25 MCs. The older people used to fuck with me and always ask me to rhyme and give me a couple of dollars to rhyme or do whatever. So I knew I had something.

Read the full interview Here.

Tuesday 3 October 2006

[Interview] Styles Talks Time Is Money, Hell Rell Disses [Vibe]

By: John Kennedy

October 2, 2006

After more than a year of delays, Styles P of The Lox is finally set to release his second solo album, Time is Money, which he says is "more mature and well-rounded" than its predecessor.

A quick glance at Time is Money's guestlist illustrates Styles' artistic growth since his 2002 solo debut, A Gangster and a Gentleman. Cameos include his D-Block brethren (Jadakiss, Sheek Louch and J-Hood), Sizzla, Jagged Edge, Talib Kweli, Gerald Levert, and even hip hop/rock group Flipsyde.
"I love their shit," Styles told Vibe.com of fellow Interscope act Flipsyde. "[Interscope chairman] Jimmy [Iovine] wanted me to meet them; he thought we might sound good together."

He says the album has seen few changes since its initial postponement from summer 2005. Leaked singles like "Can You Believe It," "Favorite Drug" and the radio-neglected "I'm Black" all remain on the album.
"I wanted to shoot [the "I'm Black" video] but I knew [TV networks] wouldn't play it," Styles says. "But I still might just give it a shot and stick it on a DVD."

To some, Styles' current single, the Neo Da Matrix-produced "Who Want A Problem," may seem to be a retort to Dipset's Hell Rell, who has recently thrown lyrical jabs in Styles direction via mixtape freestyles. But while Rell contends for the title of "hardest in the streets" – a distinction long associated with Styles – the Yonkers lyricist says a back-and-forth war of words between the two is unlikely.

"He didn't scar me," Styles says of his Harlem competitor. "He didn't make me mad."

"The young boy has to work hard," he continues. "I made my position. My title was given to me… I feel good; I started something. I gave these young boys something to strive for."

After Time is Money, Styles says D-Block fans can look forward to Jadakiss' next album, Kiss My Ass, rookie J-Hood's Tales From The Hood, and The Lox's long-awaited group album, Live, Suffer, Celebrate, to all drop next year.

Time is Money hits stores Nov. 14 and will feature production by Hi-Tek, Scott Storch, Lil' Jon, Havoc of Mobb Deep, Neo Da Matrix, and Vinny Idol.