25 June, 2003
This one's from the latest Protect Ya Neck Records newsletter:

Here are the latest and upcoming events for PYN:

All of our artists are currently back in the studio cooking up some new product to put out on the streets. This time around it’s going to be straight Volcanic!! So look for something new in the near future from M.M.O., [Deadly?] Venoms, Iron Maiden, and Coney Island’s finest, Jaquin aka 7-UP.

Raekwon, MMO & Ben Frank are performing on the 29th of this month at B.B. King Blues Club located at 237 West, 42nd St, New York. See this website for more info and buy the tickets online:
http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=1095 - Check us out if you are in the neighborhood.

We are getting ready to put together a live documentary about PYN, the staff, artist, performances, studio sessions, interviews, etc. Real live sh%*! This will be available for your viewing pleasure on DVD. We’ll let you know when it’s ready, we thinkin’ about late summer release.

Our Manager extraordinaire, Devine (GateKeepa) will be sponsoring/hosting the HOTTEST boat cruise of the Summer!! This is strictly for the moneymakers, the sexy, and the hip-hop lovers!! It’s all going down Friday, July 25th on the Nautical Princess. Tickets are only $65.00, or $100.00 for V.I.P. This includes a buffet and Top shelf Liquor ALL NIGHT LONG! There will also be raffles, prizes, and contests like, best female outfit, prettiest toes contest, wet t-shirt contest, and much more!!! Maybe, even a surprise performance! For tickets/info contact us at
devine@protect-ya-neck.com - Click here for more info: http://www.protect-ya-neck.com/flyer.jpg

LAST, MORE MUSIC COMING SOON TO THE AUDIO SECTION!

Props: Spear

7 June, 2003
I knew it was too good to be true. The Australian Wu-Tang Tour has been postponed until later this year. Australia was to have been part of a series of tours throughout Asia. But the recent SARS crisis has placed a big cloud over the current plans. The tour itself hasn't been cancelled indefinately, and if the rumors are to be believed, then Australians may get their chance sometime in August to October.

A video to Inspectah Deck's "The Movement" has been released. You can view it from the following links:

Real Player:
http://www.inspectahdeck.net/video/themovement2hi.ram
http://www.inspectahdeck.net/video/themovement2low.ram

Windows Media:
http://www.inspectahdeck.net/video/themovement2hi.wmv
http://www.inspectahdeck.net/video/themovement2low.wmv

Props: Tynicka Battle

1 June, 2003
This is part of a press release I was e-mailed concerning Cappadonna's upcoming album:

Wu-Tang's CAPPADONNA Returns!
Joins forces with Code Red Entertainment to release forthcoming set, "The Struggle".

After a brief hiatus, it's official, Cap is Back!!! Following his second release entitled, "The Ying and The Yang", which was released with little label support, Cappadonna now teams up with Code Red Entertainment. 2003 ushers in the newest and strongest musical chapter in Cappa's ever-evolving hip-hop story.

Entitled "THE STRUGGLE", with its self-explanatory cuts, it proves to be a lethal album of lyrical substance, powerhouse production and unique, straight from the street performances. "Throughout my career people have tried to label what I do, but I can't even do that, and wouldn't if I could," says New York based Cappadonna, the last to join the Wu-Tang Clan, and the first to admit he wants to elevate his individual artistic identity. "This album," he adds, "reflects the streets and the trials and tribulations of life. What is a victory if there is no struggle involved?"

Born in Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island, Cappadonna bonded with members of Wu-Tang Clan in preschool. Little did he know at that time, these were the brothers who would one day launch his successful music career. At age 15, Cappa knew he had a gift to write poems describing the trials and tribulations about growing up socially, politically and economically deprived in Black America. He then began writing rhymes, and mastering the microphone.

After making a name for himself as a featured artist on the platinum plus selling solo sets of Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, and blessing Wu-Tang's second album with more of his introspective lyrics, Cappadonna emerged as a solo artist, vastly experienced and more than ready for the world, as THE PILLAGE established him as a formidable artist in his own right. The album peaked at #3 on Billboard's Top 200. Cappa has blessed the mic with some of the greatest such as Biggie Smalls, P. Diddy, Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, as well as his Wu affiliates.

For his latest effort, Cappadonna has enlisted his true blood brother, Lounge Mode to feature on several tracks on the album. Lounge Mode (aka Lo Runner the new comer) is far from that, as Lounge has been credited for giving birth to the innovative names such as Method Man, Cappadonna, and StreetLife, to name a few. He is world famous for his infinite street slang. Who better than his own brother to add a tasteful twist to an already well made concoction. Other flame throwers featured on the album include Inspectah Deck, Raekwon the Chef, Remedy, Solomon Childs, as well as the underdog, King Just. Relating to the vivid pictures painted throughout the album is an essential part of experiencing THE STRUGGLE. "My job is to make people think, or at least give them something real to think about when they're listening to my joints," says Cappadonna. "Everyone has experienced The Struggle, in one way or another".

THE STRUGGLE offers stinging urbanized impressions, laced with ghettoized spiritual awareness that remain indelibly imprinted on one's mind long after the CD takes it's last spin. Urban reality based straight from the hood where it gets no harder, only tougher, tracks like Blood Brothers, Cap is Back, and Role of a Lifetime will strongly reinforce that. Other highlighted tracks include Momma, a tribute and dedication as well as Season Of Da Vick, a story telling saga of the street. Get Away From The Door teams Cap up with Inspectah Deck in this gutty performance and lyrical barrage. Surprisingly enough and pleasant to the ear, Cappa attracts the radio with songs like I Don't Even Know You, and Do It (Push) a rap friendly production with an upbeat, feel good, get down and party joint guaranteed to rock the clubs in 2003.

Props: Chase