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DJ Muggs Enlists Star-Studded Cast For “Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley”

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Legendary producer DJ Muggs is here with a 19-song offering in the form of Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley. It is the third title in the Soul Assassins series, with the first one appearing back in 1997. The third album brings some great jazz and boom-bap-like production across the 46-minute and 14-second runtime. This is arguably the best tape out of all three.

Muggs’ Soul Assassins I, reached number 86 on the Billboard 200 and earned plenty of amazing reviews. Muggs grabbed Dr. Dre, B-Real, La the Darkman, Mobb Deep, RZA, GZA, Goodie Mob, KRS-One, and Wyclef Jean to boot. Then three years later, he returned with Soul Assassins II. Unfortunately, its peak was only 178. However, it garnered similarly positive reviews, so why not feed the fans more?

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Who Did DJ Muggs Bring On?

The feature list is insane on this project, to say the least. Legends across the genre appear here in full force. You have Ice Cube on one of the lead singles from this project called “Dump On Em.” Method Man and Slick Rick show up for “Metropolis.” Finally, you also have Roc Marciano, Westside Gunn, Boldy James, CeeLo Green, and more show up for standout verses with amazing lyricism. It is a great project in this longstanding series.

What are your initial thoughts on this brand new album from DJ Suggs, Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley? What song is your favorite on here? Who provides the best feature? Which is the best installment in this series? In fact, we want to hear what you have to say. So, be sure to leave all of your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the hottest project releases and all of the latest breaking news around the music world.

“Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley” Tracklist

Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley Tracklist:

  1. The Time Has Come
  2. It’s On with Boldy James
  3. Check In (Original Version) with Jay Worthy, Spanto
  4. Sicilian Gold with Ghostface Killah, Westside Gunn
  5. 67 Keys with Roc Marciano, Rome Streetz, Mayhem Lauren
  6. Mr. Cartoon Interlude with Mister Cartoon
  7. Jokers Wild with CeeLo Green
  8. Shell Casings with T.F
  9. Street Made with Scarface, Freddie Gibbs
  10. Where We At with Boldy James
  11. We Ain’t Playin (feat. Devin the Dude) with Jay Worthy, 2 Eleven, T.F
  12. Burn the Playbook with Evidence, Domo Genesis
  13. Majik
  14. Crazy Horse with Roc Marciano, CRIMEAPPLE
  15. Metropolis with Method Man, Slick Rick
  16. We Coming For the Safe with Boldy James
  17. Skeleton Bones with Rome Streetz
  18. Dump On Em (feat. MC Ren) with B-Real, Ice Cube
  19. Outro (feat. Estevan Orion & Spanto)

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DJ Muggs Announces ‘Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley’ LP, Releases “Jokers Wild” Feat. CeeLo Green

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DJ Muggs is an undisputed legend. Over the course of his distinguished and diverse career, he has conquered music in not only multiple genres but multiple languages, as the creator and producer of Cypress Hill and the Soul Assassins.   

Today, DJ Muggs announces the first Soul Assassins album in 14 years with Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley, which will be released on 8-25-23.  In addition to the new SA3 album announcement, Muggs also released a new single, “Jokers Wild,” featuring one of the most tenured and trusted Soul Assassins CeeLo Green (who has appeared on two previous SA albums with Goodie Mob and who was also awarded The Source’s “Hip Hop Quotable Of The Month” for his verse on “Decisions, Decisions” from Soul Assassins, Chapter One). “Jokers Wild” is now available! 

‘I found this beat on a cassette tape from 1998, digitized it, and put it up on Instagram.  CeeLo heard it and asked me to send it to him” DJ Muggs affirms.  “CeeLo comes from the point of view of a cholo with “Jokers Wild,” paying respect to the streets, and Chicano culture; that he honors and respects.” 

DJ Muggs also collaborated with auteur Jason Goldwatch for a Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley cinematic movie, which was filmed on location in Death Valley and will be released on 9-8-23. 

DJ Muggs featuring CeeLo Green “Jokers Wild” single is now available!

DJ Muggs Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley will be released on 8-25-23.

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Meyhem Lauren X DJ Muggs And Madlib Drop New Visuals For “African Pompano”

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Born and raised in Queens, NY, Meyhem Lauren has long been one of the culture’s most reliable brands; built from quality, consistency, and flavor.  The multi-media artist and personality takes pride in expressing himself artistically from a raw and unfettered perspective.

DJ Muggs is a West Coast legend. He is the Creator and Producer of Cypress Hill, the Producer of House Of Pain’s “Jump Around”, Ice Cube’s “Check Yourself”, as well as tracks with MF Doom, Westside Gunn, Action Bronson, Conway The Machine and many, many more, and the multiple time Grammy award nominee is more active than ever.  In the last few years alone he has released projects with Mach-Hommy, Roc Marciano, Yelawolf, Rome Streetz and Jay Worthy; and he’s currently put the finishing touches on the forthcoming Soul Assassins 4 album.

Madlib has become one of the most celebrated, prolific, and eclectic artists in hip-hop since emerging on the scene in the early 90’s.  The unique sound and feel of Madlib’s work has made him a valued collaborator with a number of leading performers, and a widely praised figure in the rap community.  Madlib has already released Liberation 2 with Talib Kweli and In The Beginning, Vol 3 with Declaime this calendar year. 

The trio’s recently released collaborative project, Champagne For Breakfast, is jointly produced by Madlib & DJ Muggs and features appearances from Action Bronson and Hologram.  Now, they return with a new visual for “African Pompano.” 

Meyhem Lauren x Madlib & DJ Muggs Champagne For Breakfast is now available via Soul Assassin Records. 

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Peloton Is Being Sued For Using Unlicensed Cypress Hill Songs

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You’d think Peloton would have figured out their music licensing rights deals by now. Considering the company has partnered with Beyoncé, Eminem, and David Bowie’s estate in the recent past, streaming music to play alongside their cycling workout programs ought to be a fairly straightforward setup, just as it is with any streaming service: The music gets used and royalty payment gets paid out to the copyright owners. Well, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill and his company Soul Assassins Inc., Peloton has been using Cypress Hill’s music and not paying for the rights to do so.

“Peloton’s use of [the songs] in its work-out videos without a license from Soul Assassins is an outrageous, willful infringement because Peloton was sued by a group of music publishers in March of 2019 for doing the exact same thing,” DJ Muggs’ lawyers wrote, in a court document obtained by Billboard. “Clearly […] Peloton knew unequivocally that it had no right to use any musical composition in its exercise videos without first obtaining a license for one hundred percent of the song.”

The 2019 claim cited above, is in reference to a $150 million suit filed by the NMPA, claiming that Peloton was using music by artists like Drake, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, and more, without securing the exclusive rights to do so. Now, Muggs claims that Peloton has used Cypress Hill tracks including “Insane In The Brain” and “Rap (Superstar)” without permission.

How Peloton is not locked into licensing deals the way TikTok or even Spotify are, is a bit mind-boggling. This feels similar to when podcasts were (and still regularly do) receiving takedown notices en masse for using songs without permission. Spotify as a podcast platform found a way to pay out royalties to those rights holders via their existing streaming agreements. It would serve Peloton well to enter into a partnership with a streaming service who can clear the usage rights for them so they don’t have to keep going on the defensive for what are very pricey lawsuits. Until then, Muggs and Soul Assassins Inc. are having none of it.

“Peloton is a textbook willful infringer,” the claim states. “Peloton fully understood what the copyright law required, having entered into sync licenses with certain other copyright holders, while trampling the rights of Plaintiffs by using their musical works for free and without permission.”

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