| Drawzilla - Stirring The Pot
Some would argue that hip-hop producers have to work twice as hard than MCs/rappers in order to please. And the list of people that need to be satisfied includes not only those rhyming over melodies, but also the critics, the fans, other producers yes, other producers, and of course, themselves. Drawzilla is harder to catch than the lucky baseball in a Tampa Bay stadium (when the Rays make a hit, that is). Between hosting press days for his new mix-tape Zillas World, and holding sessions with various artists that veer toward him like women to chocolate, its a wonder that we even caught up with the producer in the come-up who sat down with us to discuss his latest compilation (and his dislike for the term), making records from top to bottom, and finding similarities between cooking and producing...over some honey roasted cashews and cherry Kool Aid.
Usher's Father Passes Away; Plus Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Foxy ...
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Wet, Windy Weather Causes Evacuations, Flash Flood Warnings
Meteorologists said the flash flood warning is no longer just limited to the burn areas. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was in Los Alamitos to be briefed on the weather. Schwarzenegger visited the Regional Emergency Operations Center at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base. "Theres a lot of rain coming down in the valleys, there's a lot of snow coming down in the mountains, there's lot of wind speed, between 100 and 150 (mph), in the Sierra Nevada, so it is very dangerous," Schwarzenegger said. .
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