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Ozonemag.com Exclusive: Brian Pumper Disses Fat Joe, Lobbies 50 Cent For A Record Deal

By Eric Perrin • Aug 27th, 2010 • Category: Eric the Editor, Features, Interviews

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In the last month, he’s appeared on Worldstar and in Laurence Fishburn’s daughter, but aside from his porn flicks and music videos, you probably don’t know much about B. Pumper.

I know you’ve been lobbying for 50 Cent to sign you to G Unit. Say for instance he offers you a record deal under the condition that you can never appear in another porno again. Would you accept that deal?
That’s a real hard decision simply because I’m passionate about both. My cousin told me today that 50 might sign me just to clown Fat Joe, because he knows that I would smash Fat Joe’s record sales. So that would be love; anything for [50] to take me in and believe in me would be dope. But I’m hoping that if he did give me an offer and considered taking me in the camp and allowing me to work on a Pumper album through his organization I would ask him if it were possible for me to maintain both careers: porn and rap. Maybe I could even transfer my adult films production underneath his roof to where he’s getting a percentage of the revenue. Hopefully he would come to the conclusion that “the kid is passionate about porn, his raps is dope, so I’m gonna sign him to G Unit as a solo act and I’m gon’ put out Pumper albums every 18 months.” But if it really boils down to it and the money made sense to where it just wipes out the little adult video money I’m making, I would have to chose the rap. My biggest fear is niggas not taking me seriously, like the music is really, really interesting to me. I’m very passionate about it. This is not a game, I’m not some wannabe rapper, I’m not just doing it because everybody else is doing it. I really enjoy it. This is serious to me.

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Black Rob Shoulda Known Better

By Eric Perrin • Aug 26th, 2010 • Category: Eric the Editor

Black Rob pretty much confirms everything people criticize Diddy for in this interview he did with G Unit.  And though we all know Puff isn’t the most ethical dude in the game, the only reason Black Rob is even getting some burn right now is because Diddy recently mentioned his name. In the 11 years or so since “Whoa” came out, BR literally hasn’t done anything for his career. So how mad can he really be? When I interviewed Puff last November I remember how upset he seemed after I showed him the “Sidekick Hackin’ feature  we did on him and Drake where we pretty recklessly satirized the delusions of Diddy. As soon as I showed him that article, (which I instantly realized wasn’t the best decision) I grabbed my promo bottle of Ciroc and got the hell up out of there. Sadly, I probably left Bad Boy with more than Black Rob.



Ozonemag.com Interview: Pastor Troy

By Eric Perrin • Aug 16th, 2010 • Category: Eric the Editor, Interviews

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As evidenced by the title of his recently released album “King of All Kings,” Pastor Disaster certainly doesn’t shy away from controversy. After releasing 21 solo albums, you’d think he’d be bored with rap by now. But for Troy, rap isn’t a get rich quick scheme or even a job for that matter, it’s what defines him and who he is.
In this candid conversation in his downtown Atlanta studio, PT discusses why other artists are scared to work with him, his new deal with ESPN, and why friends should save his email address because the number might change!

Your new album, “King of all Kings,” has a pretty interesting title. What exactly are you trying to say on that?
We just stating a claim. That’s something I’d tell anybody. I’m the king of all kings: north, south, east, west, all the kings—I’m the king of them. Everybody know I’m a damn king.

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Are You A G?: Tank

By Eric Perrin • Aug 13th, 2010 • Category: Are You A G?, Eric the Editor

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Maybe Tank deserves to be considered a G’ and not just another Nuvo nursing R&B singer. We put the
Atlantic crooner to our trademarked test to determine if he is in fact the 7th letter of the alphabet.

A. You recently re-tweeted something one of your followers wrote, which was “Tank dont look like no
R&B musician i ever seen. Dude look like he gone kill! Sheeeeyt! LOL” Is that a look you strive for? Do
you try to look like a G’?

Tank: Yeah, Yeah. I want to look at little more aggressive than the average R&B singer. I guess it is just where I come from. I have a strong athletic background—like football, basketball, and from being in the
gym. Getting physical, you know what I mean? So that type of thing that adds an element to me that
makes me way different than any other R&B singer right now. [But] I am a true R&B singer in every
sense of the word. From a musical standpoint, I love to sing to the ladies and sing about the ladies. I love
to beg, you know what I am saying. All of that is R&B and I love to do that. I just think that I add to
everything else that is R&B. I am not too far off of the beaten path but I do add some things that a lot of
people are not doing.

Tank almost earned himself a point for this response, until he admitted his affinity for begging. Never a
G’ move.

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NSFW: 5 Things I Learned At The Porn Convention

By Eric Perrin • Jul 26th, 2010 • Category: Eric the Editor

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Last week I was able to accompany porn super star Mr. Marcus to the Exxxtacy Porn Convention in Rosemont, Illinois. At the weekend-long convention Marcus, along with hundreds of other porn stars including, Alexis Texas, Sara Jay, Lexington Steele (pictured with him above), and even Ron Jeremy met with fans and sold them many of their signature products. After 3 days at the convention Marcus asked me to lead him to some real Chicago food. So, like I do with all out of town guests, I decided to take him to Harold’s Chicken Shack for some wings with mild sauce and a red pop, but somehow—very fittingly—Marcus and I ended up at Hooters instead (I guess hot and naked beats mild any day). We also made other detours, most notably to Power 92.3 radio station where Marcus got to talk about his book, “The Porn Star’s Guide to Great Sex” and I got to talk about OZONE. Overall it was a pretty interesting day and I got some great advice from him about women (most of which I can’t share here). Instead of a regular recap, I’m going to give you guys the 5 most scandalous things I learned from the Chicago Porn Convention. Originally this was going to be a list of “10 Things”, but a lot of what I saw might incriminate me some time in the future.

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Craigslist Shutting Down “Erotic Services”

By Maurice Garland • May 13th, 2009 • Category: Eric the Editor

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In our 2007 Sex Issue, features editor Eric Perrin did a story on internet prostitution, a growing phenomenon due in large part to Craigslist’s “Erotic Services” section.

Today it was reported that Craigslist will be shutting down their digital brothel and moving it to an adult oriented section of the site where advertisers will have to go through a screening process and pay a fee to promote their “services.”

Sex wasn’t the problem here. Craigslist is reacting after weeks of scrutiny after a masseuse was murdered by a client who hired her through the site. Not to toot any horns, but, we don’t think many people in the Hip Hop community knew about this underground digital world until they read Eric’s story. If you missed it when it dropped, here are some links.

Hooker Hunting: Page 1|Page 2|Page 3|Page 4



10 Ways Rick Ross Can Attack 50 Cent

By Eric Perrin • Mar 26th, 2009 • Category: Eric the Editor

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From releasing sex tapes of Rick Ross’ baby mama to video of his best friend laid out, to the Saturday Morning Cartoon series, 50 Cent has revolutionized rap beef with his dismantling of Officer Ricky. To say the least, Pimpin’ Curly’s massacre of the hefty Miami emcee has become quite unscrupulous, and since I find it sad to watch a man’s career (and reputation) depreciate the way Ross’ has, I thought I’d give Rick some suggestions on how he can even the score with 50 Cent a little. Hey, I told you guys I was riding with Ross from the beginning, and since I’ve never been a fair weather fan I’m sticking to my word. So despite the fact that Ross is hideously losing this battle, and regardless of how cool 50 was when I met him in Shreveport earlier this month, I’m still reserving a little hope that Ross can prevail. He probably won’t win this war, but maybe can still survive.

Buy 50’s Baby Mama a house in Miami
Most people accused 50 Cent of some kind of wrongdoing in the matter of his baby mama’s house burning down, and Since Fif’s obviously obsessed with the women in Ross’ life, Ricky should turn the tables on him. By purchasing 50’s baby mama a house in Miami he would come out looking like a real bawse, and potentially embarrass 50 as well. The only problem is that 50’s chick probably wouldn’t go for it; she’d be too scared of the G-Unit goons coming after her and burning her new house down also.

Take 50’s son Marquise to a Baseball Game
This would be the ultimate diss if Ross could pull it off. Playing daddy to little Marquise and then beating his ass a la Tony Yayo with Jimmy Henchman’s kid would be a riot. It would also probably land Rick Ross in jail for child abuse and incite this beef to a whole other level. Since we don’t want our advice to be responsible for any casualties, hopefully Ross doesn’t try to son Marquise Jackson.

Exploit 50’s Groupie Confession
Back in OZONE’s December 2005 issue, a girl contacted us with a “Groupie Confession” about 50 Cent. To put it lightly, Fif’ got a very poor review from the chick. She stated, “[50] just dropped his pants. He had boxers on, and he was all hard. His penis was poking out like, ewwwww. It was small, like, ‘What the fuck?!’ I told my home girl it was gonna be small cause he got all those damn muscles, but she ain’t believe me…”

If the above confession was in fact true, Ross could convince a call girl that it’s “time to make a movie,” and hire the hooker groupie to conceal a hidden camera and capture footage of 50 performing a subpar sex act. If the plan worked, it would definitely generate more hits than anything on thisis50 or boobootv.com, and would be more detrimental to 50 than perhaps anything else on this list.

Read the rest of the list after the break

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NSFW – Porn Star Aurora Jolie: An Interview With A Nipple

By Eric Perrin • Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: Eric the Editor, Interviews

A few weeks ago I had porn star Aurora Jolie in bed…but unfortunately for me, all I got was an interview. During our little bedside chat she discussed her parents’ reaction to her profession, being a “virgin” in porn, and how an anal sex diet is a good way for girls to lose weight. During the interview Mr. Marcus makes a quick cameo, and gets undressed right as I’m interviewing Aurora…not cool, Marcus. It was my turn with her, not yours, you selfish bastard.

Links to pics from her video shoot with Trey Songz and her Velvet Room appearance.

Shouts to Worldstar Hip Hop for posting up the video.



Gucci Mane Weekend Finale at Primetime

By Eric Perrin • Mar 16th, 2009 • Category: Eric the Editor

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On Sunday night Big Mama’s Primetime (bka Primetime) hosted the finale to Gucci Mane weekend here in ATL, and the hood stars definitely came through. Joining Gucci were Shawty Lo, J. Money, Young Capone, Zaytoven, JT The Bigga Figga, Maceo, Bigga Rankin, Waka Flaka Flame, The So Icey Boys and the whole East Side of Atlanta and Decatur. Though the pics may not fully illustrate the level of craziness, it was probably the most capacitated event I’ve ever been to at Primetime, and as always the smoke haven  club was home to much debauchery, as evidenced by our photo galleries. Hit the jump for some of the unrated  NSFW pics, and make sure to bring protection. 

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50 Cent Goes Off In Da Club

By Eric Perrin • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Eric the Editor, Uncategorized

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I admit this post is kind of unfair because there were several other performers at Bay Bay’s 10x Platinum Birthday Bash (Yung Joc, Young Dro, Yung LA, Paul Wall, Trai-D), but the sheer fact that 50 Cent, the guy who seemingly never leaves his castle in Connecticut came to perform in Shreveport, Louisiana of all places, merits of post of it’s own. 50 brought Banks and Yayo along with him, and the G-Unit trio delivered nothing less than an iconic performance for the homie Hollyhood Bay Bay.  

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Check out the review after the jump. Click here to see the pics

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One Day With Bay Bay

By Eric Perrin • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Eric the Editor, Uncategorized

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Last Friday, Maurice and I hesitantly ventured to Shreveport, Louisiana for DJ Hollyhood Bay Bay’s Birthday Bash. Neither of us had ever been to Shreveport and didn’t really know what to expect, but much to our surprise, the trip to ShreVEGAS proved to be one of dopest OZONE trips either of us had been on in a while–and we travel a lot. Bay Bay brought us to all the must-see hood spots, like the barbershop, soul food spots, and even the dentists office. There were also a slew of celebrity guest who came through and hung out in the city. Paul Wall even accompanied Bay Bay to several schools in the area and wanted to perform, but the unfortunately, there weren’t any microphones or other equipment.

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Travelling to little small towns like Shreveport really exemplify what Pimp C was saying about Atlanta not being the South; you get a completely different vibe in the rural parts where Southern Hospitality still exists. Shouts to Brothers Seafood and everybody in Shreveport who looked out for us.  Click here to see the pics



Snoop Salaam A’lakem- Doggfather Joins Nation of Islam

By Eric Perrin • Mar 3rd, 2009 • Category: Eric the Editor

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Yes, Brother Snoop Salim has converted to Islam. According to the Associated Press, Brother Broadus Salim announced at a religious event in Chicago that he will be joining forces with Minister Farrakhan. Meaning you may see Snoop sporting a bow tie on a corner near you selling bean pies and Final Calls.

Now the only question remains, what Muslim name will Snoop adopt? Snoop Abdul Jabar, Salim Doggy Dogg, Snoop Hussein Obama, Snoop Blunt Laden , The Honorable Calvin Muhammad, Snoop X, or  simply Snoop Shabazz?

Read the AP excerpt and watch video confirmation after the Ramadan

spotted at The Life Files

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Twitter Is Such A Waste Of Life

By Eric Perrin • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Eric the Editor

Yeah, I said it: The habit of tweeting is for slackers who don’t have enough work or ambition to get through their day without sharing  pointless, menial facts about their mundane lives with other slackers who lead even less interesting lives…but damn it’s an addicitive habit.

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OZONE’s Super Bowl Week Recap

By Eric Perrin • Feb 4th, 2009 • Category: Eric the Editor

I know this post is a few days tardy, but we’ve been kind of busy traveling and recovering from last weekend in Tampa. The drama that ensued amongst your favorite rapper’s favorite magazine staff illustrates several  reasons why we should have our own reality show. But since we don’t (yet), I’m going to spare you guys all the details. Our photo galleries will show you some of our more tame memories from SBXLIII Week, where, overall this year’s festivities definitely felt a little less glamourous than years past. The streets of Tampa looked more like Tallahassee during finals week, most of the clubs were pretty lonely since no one was willing to pay the ridiculous cover charges, and the excitement level never really felt like Super Bowl weekend. Hell, even Playbody cancelled their annual Superbowl party due to budget cuts. But still, we at OZONE attempted to see the glass half full. Hit the jump for pics of our favorite memories from SBXLIII weekend.  

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Breaking News: Barack Obama Has Gas

By Eric Perrin • Jan 23rd, 2009 • Category: Eric the Editor

 

So, in case you couldn’t tell, this really isn’t Barack, but this Filipino actor named Llham Ana does a better Barack Obama impersonation than Tina Fey does Sarah Palin. Let’s hope Llham doesn’t use it for anything worse than gas relief commericals.

Spotted @ The Life Files