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You are the shit for that 6 Year Anniversary Throwback article! I absolutely love it. Those pictures brought it back and were very entertaining. My favorite was definitely Goodie Mob, but I also loved Boosie, Outkast, and Rick Ross’s pictures. Keep it up! – DJ Princess Cut, princesscutatl@gmail.com The new issue is really dope! Cinque dropped off a few copies to me. That’s my dude right there. I’m in Arizona now but I was born in San Mateo and I’m from the Bay; from Alameda to Milpitas to Redwood City. I was hoping you could do something on Richie Rich! I still have my 415 tape. I had to convert it to an mp3 because I couldn’t find the CD! Thanks for reppin’ the Bay tough, I appreciate it. The Cinque feature was dope. He deserves it. He’s dope, humble, and has star potential. – Flo Montana, myspace.com/flodirt (Phoenix, AZ) I loved the Sidekick Hackin’ article with Trey Songz and Shawty Lo in last month’s OZONE. It was hilarious! Keep up the good work, because I was on the ground laughing at that! – Headache, myspace.com/halesheaven (Mississippi) Thank you for all the love you show to the West. I first became a fan of your magazine when I saw all the props you gave to the dirty South. I’ve lived in Atlanta half my life and no one was showing the South any respect. I’m originally from San Francisco so when you dropped OZONE West I got the best of both my worlds. Whatever happened to the Groupie Confessions? I know y’all didn’t run outta hoes with big mouths, did you? - Rich Johnson (Atlanta, GA) I really like your magazine. It’s real cool. The things that make it unique compared to other magazines are the in-depth interviews with up-andcoming artists to mega-million-dollar artists, and also the regular features. I have a request to make the interviews better. Your interviews are already better than other Hip Hop magazines like Hip Hop Weekly but there is a couple ways they can be improved. This is not a diss and not negative. When you’re interviewing artists can you please ask them more about their life before music. We see artists like Puffy with their Vitamin Water deals, Mercedes, Rolex that can’t tell the time because there are so many diamonds in it, girls that are so beautiful it’s like they’re not even human, million dollar clothes, jewelry that ways a ton, and so on. It’s hard to believe that half these cats started off like us, from the hood or trailer park or lower class. Most of the readers can’t even spell jewelry, let alone own it. There is a magazine called HooD Magazine that asks questions like “What hood are you from?” and
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“What was it like?” That’s kinda what we as the readers are interested in, plus all the other stuff y’all cover. Even ask big niggas like Big Boi or Lil Jon, not just lil’ niggas like Ace Hood. It’s real important to us to know that they don’t forget us [in the hood]. Some niggas give constant shout outs, but some don’t. Other than that, your magazine is hella dope. It’s one of the best magazines out, if not the best. It’s so unique in every way. It’s just one of a kind, ya dig? Also, can y’all do an issue on deceased emcees from the South? Last year, we had a lot of casualties. You should do an issue like the DJ Issue or Sex Issue just to remember those fallen soldiers, from Pimp C to Big Moe to Fat Pat to Big Mello and everyone in between. A perfect example of the “what hood are you from” questions is a recent interview y’all did with B.o.B. asking some of the best questions about Decatur and the struggles he had growing up there. It was fantastic. Keep up the good work. – Dat Latino Kidd ‘El Amante’ BKA Nathaniel Purez, dat.latino.kidd@gmail. com I’m looking at the issue with Three 6 Mafia and David Banner on the covers and I just wanted to give you props for featuring Tech N9ne. I’ve been wondering why he doesn’t get much media attention. Isn’t he from the Midwest though? I’m confused on why he’s on the OZONE West cover. JB sounds a little violent in her 2 Cents and maybe a tad bit arrogant too. Be careful not to start feeling yourself too much because then you lose focus on making your dreams grow. You can always be bigger than what you are today. It’s just a thought, but maybe they don’t give you the respect yet because the magazine has yet to reach its peak. I know lots of people who have no idea what OZONE Magazine is but they know about other Hip Hop magazines like your arch rivals XXL and The Source. Don’t take that the wrong way; I highly respect what you have accomplished and you have a much better product. I just hope to see you expand so that not only the artists and industry people know who you are, but also the common folk. Keep up the brilliant work! – Lady Zane, ladyzane81@yahoo.com Julia, I feel you on your 2 Cents. I feel like 97% of the entertainment industry are robots and they don’t know how to be themselves. I come across a lot of people who think that just because of their status, I’m supposed to kiss their ass. It seems like everyone takes after what they see on TV, and they have no idea who they were before their current position in the industry. A lot of people say, “Scholar, you do not act like a lot of the artists I meet.” My response is, “Before I was Scholar, I was me.” I am a part of the industry; the industry is not a part of me. I am just a down-to-earth cat who loves music. I apologize if it seems like I’m babbling on and on. I just wanted to commend you on your words, sister. I am all for genuine people vs. robots. – Mr Scholastic, myspace.com/mrscholastic (Phoenix, AZ)