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Yeah, yeah. We stole the name from XXL, but since we’re three months ahead of ‘em on everything else, it all evens out. Besides, there’s no other title that’ll fit these laughable quotes we came across during our five year anniversary recap.
“I might open up a soul food restaurant. I might open up a Laundromat… I might make my own car and call it Yingsu.” – D-Roc of the Ying Yang Twins (Issue #35 June 2005, page 17)
“Even when I’m broke, people treat me like a star… Like, how I’m sitting here talking to you right now, some people might assume… that we’re making love.” – Rated R (Issue #8 December 2002, page 17)
“I got my own clothing line called Fruity, for real. It’s for unique, diverse individuals. It’s really for women only. But I had to advertise it sometimes. That’s me, I gotta be fruity, too.” - Gucci Mane (Issue #35 June 2005)
“[Bonecrusher] sold his soul... [Bonecrusher] is banned from Mississippi. Print that. ‘Neva Scared’ was our song. It’s way bigger than Reese & Bigalow. Mississippi shows much love, and these people are upset. If he ever comes through here, there ain’t no tellin’ what’s gon’ go down.” – Reese & Bigalow (Issue #16 September 2003, page 32) “We made it cool to say you’re from Tally. We got everybody wanting to be from Tally, wearin’ 850 shirts.” – Nappy Headz (Issue #21 April 2004, page 23)
“Shit, I got fans. If people love me and wanna give me some special attention, then that’s what’s good. If they wanna slob the knob or somethin’, cool.” – Neef of the Young Gunz (Issue #35 June 2005, page 17)
“I want to start a charity foundation for everyone who doesn’t have friends. Now that I’m a DJ, everybody’s my friend... Girls that didn’t even speak to me give me head.” – DJ Q45 (Issue #24 July 2004)
“The number one workout plan for me is fuckin’ three different hoes three times a week. That’s the best cardio a man can get.” – Pimp of Dirty (Issue #37 August 2005, page A27)
“[Paris Hilton] looks frail. I don’t think she could take it though… I’ve never slept with a white woman.” – T.I. (Issue #29 November 2004, page 20)
“If I don’t go platinum, I’m going back to robbing niggas.” - Killer Mike (Issue #37 August 2005, page A30)
“Young Buck is Jacki-O’s typical kind of dude, but I shoulda got him when he was fresh. If I had got to him, he would be a whole different type of player.” – Jacki-O (Issue #29 November 2004, page 25) “I can’t [eat pussy], man. I’d be kicked out of Swishahouse. It’s like a vegetarian who doesn’t eat meat; we just don’t eat that stuff at the Swishahouse.” – Mike Jones (Issue #29 November 2004, page 29) “My favorite is Lil Wayne, Ludacris, and T.I., and I think they’d all be good in bed. I’m gonna find out and let you know.” – Khia (Issue #29 November 2004) “I don’t get offended… I hang with white boys and I call them ‘my niggas’ and they call me ‘nigga.’ That don’t offend me.” – Trick Daddy (Issue #30 December 2004, page 22) “I was charged with being the ringleader of an anti-theft operation, like, a chain of chop shops. Taking luxury cars and switching the VIN numbers and reselling them, putting in new registration, new title. Like Gone in 60 Seconds, for instance. That’s what I was charged with. I’m not saying that I did it, though.” – Akon (Issue #31 February 2005, page 7) “Every person in the group [Boyz N Da Hood] is at a level of emcee supremacy.” – Diddy (Issue #31 February 2005) “The Florida music scene is all fucked up right now. People in Florida don’t listen to Florida music. DJs in Florida don’t play Florida music.” – Plies (Issue #33 April 2005, page 18) “We’re gonna be the next Russell Simmons and the next Puff Daddy... We’re gonna be the next sex symbols out of the South.” – Pretty Ricky (Issue #34 May 2005, page 21)
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“I’m pretty without makeup. I don’t need a stylist and I don’t need thousand dollar hairdos. Keep it real, you know those hoes look a hot mess. You catch Trina early in the morning without all that makeup on her face and that hoe looks a hot mess.” - Khia (Issue #37 August “Even if [my career] was all over today, I had a good time. I made a lot of money, had a lot of beautiful women, and traveled to a lot of places on the next man’s bread.” – Haystak (Issue #38 September 2005, page A35) “[The paparazzi] make me feel like a star. I’m gonna put out a magazine that just talks about all the other magazines. I’m gonna talk about OZONE, Source, XXL, all of y’all.” – Shawn Jay of Field Mob (Issue #38 September 2005, page A26)
“[Jive] wanted me to cut my hair off and lose weight and get toned up… I’ll never cut [my hair] off. It’s just me, plus, it’s low maintenance. I ain’t gotta comb it every day. They can style it and shit, but it’s not going nowhere unless I get cancer and it falls out by itself. Me and my Sidekick, we on some totally different shit. We’re like Andre 3000.” – T-Pain (Issue #38 September 2005, page A33) “The South was slow, as far as socially. When I said ‘slow,’ I didn’t mean ‘dumb.’ This dude took it out of context. I meant, socially and as far as the new styles and new things. Comin’ from New York, New York was always the epicenter of the country. It wasn’t just in the South. Everywhere you went, coming from New York, you was the man. And now, unfortunately, it’s not like that no more. It’s the opposite now. Now they come up here and get love. They come up here and steal our chicks. We used to go down there and go to the mall and girls would be like, ‘Oh, shit he look like he from New York,’ and we’d get all the love but that shit don’t work no more.” - Saigon (Issue #44 April 2006, page 67)