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The MC formerly nicknamed "The Hurricane" also says he's done going at the G-Unit
Yeah, it's pretty much true," he said about leaving his beef with the G-Unit in the rear-view. "At this point, what are they going to do? The '300 Bars' [freestyle] pretty much solidified my victory. They came back with '300 Shots,' but it was irrelevant and nobody was talking about it. I don't even think it was legitimately aimed at myself. You can't come back from '300 Bars.'
"I wish them guys well, whatever they do from now on, trying to climb out that hole," he added. "It's a hole I dug real deep. 50 just gotta sit in that hole and think about his next move, it has to be strategic because it's pretty much over for them cats."
Another Game record on the street people have been talking about is a song called "Here We Go Again" with Dr. Dre. Game says the record was leaked and is not meant for his upcoming album.
"That was something that was bootlegged," he explained. "It was a beat that Dre produced a long time ago. I wrote the verse and Dre spit it. I don't know how it got out. But when I found out that it was out, I put a hook on it and some extra verses and made it do what it do. It's hot in the streets. But that's what it's all about — that's the mixtape game. That's why I am as potent as I am as an MC."

The Clipse
Representing: The Black Cards (listen to the mixtape to find out what that means)
Mixtape: We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2
411: The story of Neptunes protégés the Clipse gets deeper every time you speak to them.
"We were on Arista Records," the group's Pusha T. said. "Boom, big merger happens, we moved over to Jive/ Zomba ... [but] Pharrell and the label heads got into spats and Pharrell was like, 'Listen, you're not going to get this music. You don't have no type of marketing plan for my group, you don't know nothing about them. Why don't you let them go?' Sh-- got personal."
The Clipse then came to find out they weren't even signed to the Neptunes' label, Star Trak, as they'd thought. Pusha says he, his brother Malice and the Neptunes are in court with Jive/ Zomba, and a decision is expected on October 18.
"We're ready to hit the street and do what we been doing," Malice said. "This little hiatus was unfortunate, but whatever. You learn from everything. Our new material [for the album] is crazy. We're happy with it and ready to release it."
In the meantime the Virginia duo are continuing to do shows and keep their name alive on the mixtapes: They just released the second installment in the We Got It 4 Cheap series with their crew, the Re-Up Gang (Sandman and Ab-Liva are also in the group). Pusha says there are at least seven offers on the table from various labels for a Re-Up Gang album, but they cannot move forward until the legal situation is resolved.

Beanie Sigel was relieved of a major legal burden Monday afternoon: After two days of deliberation, a Philadelphia jury acquitted him of all charges in his attempted-murder trial.
Sigel was alleged to have shot Terrence Speller in 2003. In
2004, during his first attempted murder trial, a jury could not come up with verdict after five days of deliberation and a mistrial was declared (see "Beanie Sigel's Attempted-Murder Retrial Begins In Philadelphia").
Sigel, who was released from prison early this year after serving just over a year on federal weapons charges (see "Beanie Sigel Released From Prison"), began his retrial on attempted murder charges a week ago.
"It was pretty much the same testimony as last time, except in this case, they introduced the evidence of the firearm that he was arrested with that resulted in the federal case," Sigel's attorney Fortunato N. Perri Jr. said Monday. "It's a great victory for me — but especially for him. It gives him the opportunity to get his life back together, get his career back on track. I'm happy for him. The introduction of the gun was done by the prosecutor to show that he had access to weapons and had the ability to handle semi-automatic weapons. It was very damaging testimony. I was very concerned when that ruling was made, to allow that into the case.
"I think the jury flat-out didn't believe the victim and the eyewitness," he added. "They thought they were lying, that they put a story together, to ultimately end up in a payday for themselves. We have a lawsuit filed by the victim now, so I think the jurors saw right through the lies and the deception of the victim and the eyewitness."
Since his release from prison, Sigel has kept a relatively low profile. He appears in the Young Jeezy video "Soul Survivor" and recorded a remix of the Sheek Louch street anthem "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" with the LOX and Fabolous. Sigel has also been working on material for his own upcoming album.
Beanie hasn't seen his last day in court. He goes to trial again in about a month to face assault charges. He's alleged to have punched a man in the face

Mase a G-Unit Soldier?
Lately, Mase has been seen onstage with G-Unit during the Anger Management, he even hinted he was part of 50 Cent's crew.
Mase was a guest in DJ Whoo Kid's Sirius radio show and he confirmed the rumors: '"It seems at this point [that my album] is gonna be on G-Unit," he said.
Currently signed with Diddy's Bad Boy label, Mase shouldn't have any problem getting out of his contract. Diddy said that 50 still hasn't call him to sign Mase but "he's definitely got enough money to set everything right."

Cassidy Now Faces Third-Degree Murder Charge
Cassidy can face a trial on a third-degree murder charge, but not first-degree murder, for allegedly taking part in an ambush that left one person dead, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Authorities allege that Cassidy was one of several men who riddled a van with gunfire as it headed down a side street behind the rapper's home in the West Oak Lane neighborhood on April 15. The van was fired upon at least 30 times by four different guns including assault rifles, authorities said.
The victim had been in an earlier altercation with Cassidy and had gone to his home to make peace, a witness previously testified. Killed in the shooting was Desmond Hawkins, 22, authorities said.
Municipal Judge Marsha Neifield concluded that prosecutors only had enough evidence to try Cassidy, 23, on charges including third-degree murder, attempted murder and weapons offenses. Testimony in the case was heard last month but the judge was waiting for ballistics analysis to be completed.
Assistant District Attorney Deborah Watson-Stokes said she would appeal the charge reduction, which allows Cassidy to request to be released on bail. Defendants charged with first-degree murder typically aren't granted bail.
Neifield set bail at $2.5 million but ordered Cassidy to remain behind bars pending the appeal. He has been held without bail since he turned himself in to authorities on June 17.
Cassidy's lawyer, Fortunato Perri Jr., refused to comment after the hearing. He has said his client is innocent of the charges.