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Yeah, it’s about time to start putting together that weekend playlist and today’s Shuffle has something that will work for you regardless of your tastes. We got rap from almost every region of the States (and the UK too!) plus some electro and R&B jams. You should already know how we do by now. Get your download-fest started after the jump…

SONG: “It Ain’t My Fault”
ARTIST: DMX
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• This new record from Earl Simmons isn’t even finished, but we’re intrigued to say the least. The beat should be a lot nicer when Swizzy completes it and the sole verse is pretty hot. Someone leak that full version ASAP.

SONG: “Despicable Dogs”
ARTIST: Small Black
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• A lot of electro-types OD on the drawn out synths and lo-fi vocals, but these guys got it just right on this track. Press play and let the zone out begin.

SONG: “Heard ‘Em All”
ARTIST: Amerie
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• Even dudes who don’t fuck with R&B had to respect “1 Thing” but this single probably won’t get the same universal love. It’s cool though. Plus, she’s hot. Watch the video, if anything.

SONG: “Bad Behaviour”
ARTIST: Dizzee Rascal
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• Our favorite UK rapper started off making hardcore grime bangers that we loved and then lost us with some of his more poppy stuff. Fortunately, this mixes both styles perfectly.

SONG: “Lord Have Mercy”
ARTIST: Young Buck f/ The Outlawz
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• Sure, tough talk sounds less convincing from Young Buck after hearing him weep over the phone during those 50 Cent convos, but we won’t front on dude’s talent. He goes for a smooth, West Coast vibe on this one and pulls it off pretty nicely.

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John Forte, in particular, hit on some rough times. Two and a half years after this video was shot, the former Fugees affiliate was arrested in the Newark Airport with $1.4 million worth of liquid cocaine and sentenced to 14 years in prison. But after being granted a pardon from Dubya, Forte finally has his life back—today his eclectic new EP StyleFREE comes out (click here to buy it for $4.99), his first release after seven years behind bars. And who knows, if enough people cop it, Forte will be back eating mangoes in Trinidad with attorneys before you know it.

Despite his un-Christian-like behavior over the years, Dark Man X has always been rap’s most outspoken figure when it came to praising the Lord. But if his Bible-thumping TV series never gets off the ground, we have some better suggestions for DMX’s next job…

BECOME A DOG GROOMER
• Next to God and crime, DMX’s favorite topic of choice has always been his dogs (one love, Boomer!). Shit, he already partially speaks the language. All he would need to do is acquire a grooming license while he waits for Michael Vick to come out of the bing. Then both of them could invest in a grooming shop specializing in pit bulls that were abused in dog-fighting rings. Karma’s a bitch

BECOME A DRIVING INSTRUCTOR
• X’s penchant for reckless driving is legendary, so he’d be perfect as an instructor at the driving school run by Bob Bondurant, who wrote an entire book called Police and Pursuit Driving. Something tells us the Dark Man would fit right in.

BECOME AN AIRPORT CUSTOMS OFFICER
• Knowledge of drugs? Check. Good with dogs? Check. Handy with weapons? Check. Mean as fuck? Check.

BECOME A FULL-TIME PASTOR
• When celebrities pursue religion, they usually do it half-ass like one butt cheek. But if Mason Betha could become a pastor, X should have no problem joining the cloth. Matter of fact, Mase and DMX should open a joint ministry of barkers and shakers.

JOIN THE BORDER PATROL
• Although X refuses to ever return to Arizona, at one point he bought a house there because he believed it was “God’s land.” We’re not sure if the Grand Canyon state has much to offer besides deserts and Wal-Marts, but if X wants, he could always return to his old stomping grounds to protect our borders from illegal immigrants. We smell a Lou Dobbs cameo on Walk With Me Now and You’ll Fly With Me Later.

Needless to say, we’re making sad-face emoticons over here at Complex; not only is the civilian population losing one of the South’s finest lyricists and a genuinely smart and likable dude, but it’s just one more objectively great emcee who gets chalked into the “Incarcerated” category. There’s more than 20 rappers locked up right now, but since we don’t really fux with shermhead cannibals, we had to narrow it down to our 10 favorite (including Tip). For a look at the other nine, read on…

CHI ALI
• Crime: Murder
• Incarceration Location: Elmira Correctional Facility
• Why We Miss Him: Who else got to be down with Native Tongues when they were 16? That shit was like Harry Potter levels of crazy for adolescent rap heads in the ’90s.

TRAGEDY
• Crime: Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth degree
• Incarceration Location:Riker’s Island, NYC
• Why We Miss Him: He pioneered naming yourself after an international despot. If the Intelligent Hoodlum hadn’t become Tragedy Khadafi, we wouldn’t have legends like Noreaga, let alone MC Slobodan Milosevic (he’s serbin’ fools!).

PRODIGY
• Crime: Gun possession
• Incarceration Location: Gouverneur Correctional Facility, New York
• Why We Miss Him: Thankfully, we have his third eye shining on us through the internetz, so it’s almost like he’s still here–but we still miss that gruff-ass voice. He and Alc are like the Julius and Vincent of this rap game.

TURK
• Crime: Second-degree attempted murder, firearm possession
• Incarceration Location: Shelby County Jail, Memphis
• Why We Miss Him: Because without Turk, we’re denied our Hot Boy fix. Uh, pause.

NUMSKULL
• Crime: 15 felony charges, including rape, sodomy, and “forced oral copulation”
• Incarceration Location: Santa Rita Jail, Dublin CA (last confirmed location)
• Why We Miss Him: He still owes us 5 bucks!

SHYNE
• Crime: First-degree assault and wreckless endangerment. Or, in common parlance, “taking the fall for Puff.”
• Incarceration Location: Woodbourne Correctional Facility, NY
• Why We Miss Him: Moses Michael Leviy might be the hardest Jewish cat in the bing behind Bernie Madoff, but Hanukkah’s just not the same without him.

DMX
• Crime: Aggravated assault while serving a 90-day sentence for drug possession, theft and animal cruelty. No comment.
• Incarceration Location: Tent City Jail, Arizona
• Why We Miss Him: Who else are we supposed to get our political commentary from?

BLACK ROB
• Crime: Grand Larceny
• Incarceration Location: Riker’s? Elmira? Woodburne? He’s been everywhere by now, so your guess is as good as ours.
• Why We Miss Him: It’s more that we’re just worried we’ll never see him again. After all, this is the guy who said “if I go to jail again I’m going under the bing”…

MYSTIKAL
• Crime: Extortion, sexual battery
• Incarceration Location: Elayne Hunt Correctional Facility, Louisiana
• Why We Miss Him: Listening to Mystikal was like hanging out with Saafir the Saucee Nomad after he drank a case of Red Bull. This dude raps so damn enthusiastically it sounds like he might fuck around and mow your lawn at any second. With his teeth.

But he’s not the first rapper to launch an anti-climactic clothing line, and we’re sure he won’t be the last. So in an attempt to dry Mr. Brown’s tears and show him that he’s no so alone afterall, we’re taking a look back at the history of failed clothing lines launched by rappers. Pour a little liquor below…

BROOKLYN MINT
Created By: Notorious B.I.G.
Founded: 1995/6

• Even though he was Black and ugly as ever, Biggie still managed to stay dipped in the finest fashion labels. So it’s no wonder that his clothing line was going to be aimed at larger fellows that dreamed of being Gucci’d down to the socks. Unfortunately, Big passed before the label had a chance to blow up. In 2005, his mother and former managers Mark Pitts and Wayne Barrow tried to bring the name back, but by that time we had enough straight to Marshalls/TJ Maxxx rapper lines to clothe the needy.

BUSHI SPORT
Created By: Busta Rhymes
Founded: 1999

• 1999 was a good year for Busta'he had two great albums under his belt, his Flipmode imprint found a home at Elektra and, like any other successful rapper, he was in the midst of dropping his own clothing line. According to Busta, Bushi meant: “Japanese warrior; Brooklyn’s way of saying bourgeois; a cool way of saying, ‘Busta’s shit!’ and “Couture meets the street.” Sounds like a perfect match for anyone named Spliff Star.

NOSTIC
Created By: Jim Jones
Founded: 2007

• Looking to capitalize on the skull and crossbones rocker style that he and Julez traded their throwbacks, Girbaud jeans and Vasque boots for, Dipset/ByrdGang Capo started a clothing line presumably so he didn’t have to go far for his glittery glamor. Strangely, as soon as Jimmy’s music career took off, Nostic disappeared'even on 125th St.

SNOOP DOGG CLOTHING
Created By: Snoop Dogg
Founded: 2000

• Before he launched his Rich & Infamous clothing line, which is a generic clothing line re-branded with his logo and random bandanna designs, Snoop launched his eponymous apparel line which basically consisted of re-branded t-shirts, jeans and sweatshirts. Same ol’ G thang.

FJ560
Created By: Fat Joe
Founded: 1997

• Fat Joe wasn’t always a Johnny-Come-Lately when it came to new trends. His FJ560 line started with the best of intentions: Fed up with the way blacks and Latinos were sending their money outside of the community when they bought clothes, Joe opened up a store called Half-Time and started accepting designs from local designers to sell in the store. What happened to FJ560? We’re not sure, but we’re guessing Armageddon, Cuban Link and Tony Sunshine could point us in the right direction.

DMX SIGNATURE CLOTHING
Created By: DMX
Founded: 2006

• In order to feed his “lifestyle”, DMX started a clothing line to be sold at concerts and specialty shops. We can’t say we were as surprised as DMX to find out that no one wanted to dress like a transient crack head garbage man. X should have stuck to doggy clothing, doggy.

NO LIMIT CLOTHING
Created By: Master P
Founded: Early 90’s

• In addition to his record label, movie company, credit card company and toy line, Master P decided to add clothing to his portfolio. He even designed face plates for pre-paid mobile phones he sold to match the pieces in the line. But when No Limit records went bankrupt, everything else went with it. No worries, though, Master P re-up’d and launched P. Miller clothing which is still going strong at Wal-Mart. So, yeah, there’s that.

CEO
Created By: Dame Dash
Founded: 2006

• With his stake in Rocawear dead and gone, Dame set out to start another empire. Only this time he had no superstar rapper to pawn all the shit he was trying to sell, so the CEO line went the way of the Roc Box. Remember the Roc Box? Didn’t think so.

OUTKAST CLOTHING
Created By:Outkast
Founded:2002

• When Outkast announced that they were going to launch their own clothing line, Andre said that fans would be able to get “everything…the furs, the leathers…hats…everything.” But when it hit stores it looked like a rehashed Enyce. It didn’t represent 3 Stacks, the George Clinton of hip hop style or Big Boi’s fly pimp stylings. It was just kinda boring. And they never wore it. Rule #1 of the celebrity clothing game: If you don’t wear your clothes, no one else will.

SOJI
Created By: Common
Founded: 2007

• Looking to capitalize on the success of Be and Be Pt.2: Finding Forever, Lonnie decided to get into full capitalist mode and team up with Italian hat company La Coppola Storta on a line of high-end hats. We were excited for the Complex cover star until we found out the hats that could best be described as “bohemian driving caps” were priced at $125. Come on. Smarten up, Com.

No one except Complex, that is. Yes, always at the vanguard of technology, we dispatched our Twitter spies to get a peek at what certain Washington insiders were saying during today’s historic proceedings…

BigO @Bush41 Yaaaawn. Hurry it up, oldtimer. It’s time for change, not time to look geriatric and deranged.

OBinLaden BEST. SPEECH. EVAR. Wait a second, kidney failure! *dies*

We caught up with DMX in July while he was working on his seventh and eighth studio albums, Walk With Me Now and You’ll Fly With Me Later, to speak to him for our “Talking Heads” column in our August/September issue. Dude gave us more gems than we could fit inside the magazine, so here’s the uncut interview, where X talks about his scariest nightmares, how to evade the cops in a Ferrari and most importantly, how to dodge groupies…

Interview by Damien Scott

Complex: What's the scariest nightmare you've ever had?

DMX: Somebody dropped me off in the middle of the ocean. You got about 15 minutes to realize you're dying, you know, just struggling the whole time. Wasn't cool at all.

Complex: Was it a reoccurring dream?

DMX: No, the reoccurring dream is the journey.

Complex: The journey?

DMX: Yeah, like how with video games, you clear each board and you go onto the next one? My dreams are like that. But I've had the same board. Like, I was dreaming about this board three times, you know? It's a journey. When I move on, when I walk out of the picture, a new board appears. And each board has a challenge. I think it's symbolic of my life.

Complex: Damn. On to a lighter subject. What TV shows do you always TiVo?

DMX: South Park. All time favorite TV show ever. I'm the biggest South Park fan in the world. And I'll fight anybody who tells me different than that.

Complex: What's your favorite episode?

DMX: The one with Paris Hilton. Everytime she coughed, she'd cough up cum [Laughs].

Complex: [Laughs.] One of the best. What's your favorite body part on a woman?

DMX: Well, it would have to be the coochie.

Complex: Over titties and ass?

DMX: Yeah, I like ass. But you don't fuck ass though. It's the pussy. Therefore, it gotta be the pussy, know what I mean?

Complex: Touche. What are your top three songs to have sex to?

DMX: I don't even listen to music when I'm fuckin'. I don't have sex. I fuck. You know, when you fuck, there's nothing to focus in on but just fuckin'. There's no song to get you in the mood, there's no rhythm you have to listen to. It's just straight fuckin'. You know what I'm saying? Toss, catch, fuck. Roll over, catch, fuck, you know what I'm saying?

Complex: The toss and catch is kinda extra, but yeah, I feel you. When you were younger, what was the most embarrassing thing to happen to you in school?

DMX: I was a problem in school. I didn't really get embarrassed in school…. It was picture day and I had on a sky blue and white plaid suit with the black elevator shoes and a red stripe down the side.

Complex: And that was embarrassing?

DMX: Yeah, kind of. Because everybody else was dressed like, nicely. And I looked like a fuckin' throwback.

Complex: Well, that's not too embarrassing. Were there any dreams you had as a kid that you wished you pursued?

DMX: There really wasn't any'I wasn't like a kid without a purpose or a plan or anything, but I wanted to do it all. I wanted to be a fireman. I wanted to be a lawyer. I wanted to be a race car driver. I wanted to be a fucking criminal.

Complex: You wanted to be a criminal?

DMX: I wanted to be the best criminal in the world. At 14, I was drawing up plans just to rob the local grocery store. Serious bank shit. Like, “All right, you go around this way. The exit's here. We're gonna come around here. Two people.”

Hit “NEXT” to read part 2 of this interview, including DMX’s thoughts on his reckless driving, and groupies!

Date: May 6
Place: Scottsdale, AZ
Charge(s): Racing on a highway, reckless driving, two counts of endangerment, and three counts of criminal speed (114 in a 65 zone, holla at the Wachowski Brothers) and driving on a suspended license. Also known as “Family Night.”
Style Aesthetic: Danny Glover x Mercury Morris
Thought At Time: “Don’t these motherfuckers know I’m missing Dancing With the Stars?”

Date: May 9
Place: Maricopa County, Arizona
Charge(s): Seven counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty and four counts of felony drug possession.
Style Aesthetic: Zombie Golfer
Thought At Time: “Braaaaaaains!”

Date: June 23
Place: Miami
Charge(s): Not having a valid driver’s license
Style Aesthetic: South Beach dumpster-diver
Thought At Time: “Ay. Ay, potna. You gonna eat those chicharrones?”

Date: June 27
Place: Miami
Charge(s): Attempting to buy cocaine and marijuana (from an undercover cop!).
Style Aesthetic: Schizophrenic Grad Student
Thought At Time: “I have got to get the fuck out of Miami.”

Date: July 19
Place: Maricopa County, Arizona
Charge(s): One count of theft and one count of taking someone else's identity'after visiting Scottsdale’s Mayo Clinic in April and saying his name was Troy Jones.
Style Aesthetic: Schizophrenic Grad Student (Clean-Shaven)
Thought At Time: “Who the fuck is DMX? I’m Gary Payton! Smell my finger–that’s LisaRaye!”

Date: August 14
Place: Miami
Charge(s): Failure to appear on drug charges (after finding him parked in a handicapped spot, the officer ran his ID and found a bench warrant that had been issued).
Aesthetic: Chippendale’s Auditioner
Thought At Time: “You like that, boy? You like that tantalizing hint of Darkman X taco meat?”