I just wanted to post an update on
this entry to clarify that the it isn't the producers of the upcoming Biggie biopic, "Notorious," that are being sued, but of the 2007 documentary "Bigger Than Life".
Update: Just to be clear, it's not the producers of "Notorious", but of "Bigger Than Life".
AllHipHop.com has the story:
In the suit, [William Troy] McCune alleges the producers included footage of him battling Brooklyn legend Notorious B.I.G. without his permission.
He's asking for $5 million dollars.
Via
MTV Newsroom.
"10 G's," a new track from rapper Killer Mike, features a sample from The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Kick In The Door" as the chorus. The song gets his title from the beginning of the line, which is "10 G's a Show..." Listen to it
on his MySpace.
Via
Marc Hogan.
The "Notorious" film is slated to open in theaters on January 16, 2009. For info on the production design, check out the video below. It appears to be shaping up nicely.
The New York Times spoke with Joe Long, the owner of Birdell's, a record store that's located on Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. He says that when rap began, he resisted putting it in his store. He finally relented after two years.
Over that period I got to know Biggie Smalls. He was just hanging out at the barber shop, used to party over there up on St. James Place. He used to come down to the store and say, “Birdell, I want you to help me get beats, tracks, ’cause I know you know them old blues and the good music.” I said: “Aw, Biggie, I don’t have time for that. I’ll tell you what I’ll do. Get you a record player and I’ll let you go downstairs in the basement.”
So he and his partner would come every day three or four months straight, every day but Saturdays, and he would say, “I’m going to be big one day, Birdell.” I said, “Aw, you ain’t going to be nothing.”
Check out this video, dealing mainly with the fact that the upcoming "Notorious" film was shot on location in NYC. It features cast and crew discussing the importance of this.
MTV Movie News has more information on the upcoming Biggie biopic, "Notorious." They visited the Hammerstein Ballroom where they were shooting a scene with Gravy, as Biggie, performing on stage.
Naturi Naughton from 3LW is playing Lil' Kim. And D-Dot talked a bit about the movie soundtrack:
"The music is gonna be Notorious B.I.G. music," says D-Dot. "It's gonna be a lot of period music. Notorious B.I.G. loved hip-hop — we all did. So a lot of '80s hip-hop, '90s R&B. You'll possibly hear Wu-Tang [Clan] songs, Mobb Deep songs and M.O.P. songs. Leaders of the New School. Just period pieces. Things for the time."
Check out the accompanying video below.
The wronfgul-death lawsuit brought by family members of The Notorious B.I.G. has been reinstated.
Read more here.
Wayne Barrow, who I did a
quick interview with last year, is blogging at
notoriousblog.net.
The
latest entry features a video from the set, featuring some of the cast and crew introducing themselves.
