The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Kimbo, Death Row, & Tha Carter III

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It was time to bring back one of your favorite columns…The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly! This time we have Kimbo stopping by, an auction to talk about, and some levees getting breached! I know you need your fix, so let’s get down to business!

The Good

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Kimbo had the first MMA fight ever broadcast on network television!
Kimbo is my dude! He has a special place in everyone because we feel like we made him a star. He has the entire sport on his back now! He has to let the blunts go, because he was winded and buddy near pulled off the upset. I can’t leave without mentioning the fact that Kimbo got that apple! Did you see his ear? Amazing, truly amazing!

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The Bad

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Death Row Records is having an auction!
News has it that Death Row Records will be auctioned off next week. That is good news for people like Dr. Dre and Snoop who can buy back their masters. Over a decade of dominance and this is what it has come to? He’s losing his company and he got some dude in the streets testing his gangster, what else can go wrong for Suge?

The Ugly

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Some levees were breached, and Lil’ Wayne’s album leaked.
From what I’m hearing The Carter 3 sprung a leak and is everywhere. This couldn’t have happened at worst time for Cash Money Records. This is supposed to be their biggest release ever, and it leaked a week and a half before the release? But don’t worry Weezy; you still are going to do numbers! He had the potential to do 4 million, but now I’ll say in the 2-2.5 range. But I can’t wait to hear the album 😉

The People's Champ/Founder
  1. Wanye’s Still Gonna Sell Like His CD Came With A Free Wii… Lol… Real Talk. Dis Nigga Got The Broadest Audience Possible… And The CD Is A Lot Better Than I Thought I Was Gonna Be. After Those Good Review Start Churning Out He’ll Be Straight. He Gon Pull Off About 3 Mil…

  2. Anybody else think Kimbo is a bit of a tomato can?

    Before that fight I wasn’t sure all the top tier UFC fighters were correct when they said: Kimbo couldn’t hold a candle to the best the UFC has to offer, Kimbo aint shit, ect

    After that fight… There is no doubt in my mind that they’re correct when they say Kimbo is a nobody.

  3. Yep, I like Kimbo because he has a good story, BUT his ass had no reason to main event after 3 fights. Anybody from UFC or Pride would make him look sad.

  4. But give him some time…he doesn’t deserve all the hype, but he is good for the sport. He needs to work on the “ground and pound” and submission holds. Hell, his whole ground game is suspect!

  5. Weezy’s album is NOT going to sell.10 days is more than enough time for those 4 milion fans to pick up a copy of his album(it leaked saturday).

  6. H2O… Nigga You really Think The Weezy Fans Are Gonna Settle For A Bootleg??? The Prolly All Gon Buy A Couple A peice Just For The Hell Of It…

    I Got It Now but I’ll still Buy It.

  7. nah! remember when Kingdom Come was announced, and one guy stole it from Jay-Z hotel, then it got bootlegged so much, the FBI had to investigate. Jay only sold 2 million. Weezy’s never gotten a platnum record, I say he gets platnum at the most.

  8. damn already frikin leaked, o well he got alot of fans, he’ll sell, and kimbo was pretty good.

  9. I dig Kimbo, thas my dude. But, that shit looked bad last night. On the mat, both of them looked like shit. I gather that Thompson got orders to make it last more than one round and not to beat Kimbo. He had CLEAR chance to ground and pound Kimbo but he just touched his face like love taps. THEN when he was droppin them suspect ass bows, the shit lasted damn near a minute…anyone else, that shit woulda been stopped. Kimbo hits him with 4 shots and the ref stops the fight? BOOOOO, but hey, I still think Kimbo is a dope fighter. Once he gets some more seasoning and time, look out.

    Death Row…no comment

    Weezy…the album is good. I think it will sell but I think plat is probably the best it will do. Folks are gonna cop, but I don’t know to the tune of 3mil.

  10. @King Jerm @ Thic Flair

    I know that Kimbo will get better… but at some point his body is going to break down, and I think that fall off is coming soon (he is 35?). I know this isn’t football, soccer or basketball – where as soon as you lose that first step, the clock is ticking (and fast).

    That said, there are only so many ”acceptable” opponents for him to battle and not that much time.

    Kimbo’s story is a feel gone one, and it is marketable (a scary ass black guy bloodying a white dude on network tv! of all things!). With the future of the MMA (eliteXC, UFC and Pride) in mind – I dont think putting all the eggs in the Kimbo basket is the best idea long run.

    They need the premiere fighters on network TV, but that will be tough to do (greed… ppv) and this is what we’re stuck with for now. It will be very interesting to see how much further MMA can balloon before it pops (damn that is corny).

  11. Lil Wayne got one platinum record, the block is hot (1999) was the one and only for Weezy when he was 17. Kimbo is ok, he need to work on things better though, and get more hand speed too. If he face one of the top notch UFC fighters, he’ll be destroyed, and im not hating. Im serious, them light heavyweight fighters may beat him too. Once Kimbo learned the ground tactics better then he may be an unstoppable force but he need to let the blunts go just like King Jerm said. Suge Knight is a big bully that got handled, I hope Snoop or Dre by the Death Catalog. Nobody else don’t need it except for them, maybe Daz

  12. Carter III is pretty nice. Its different, and better than a lot of rappers out this year. Bun B joint was nice, but a lot of others like Shawty Lo was trash. I wish the Carter III would have traded some songs off, and did a few more bangers or conscience tracks, then that shit would be something serious. Overall its a good album, sometimes dude just say anything in his raps but hes good.

    CMR baby! R.I.P. Yella Boy

  13. The Carter III impressed me. Dr. Carter, Mr. Carter, and La La (Forget about the horrible Busta Rhyme verse, please) are my favorite tracks. I hated Lollipop and Phone Home, but other than that the album was pretty good. I see a 4 in The Carter III’s future.

  14. I just saw one of the most disturbing things possible…. Kimbo played Santa Clause in the new Drake And Josh movie…. What the fuck is wrong in this picture????

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