Quote of The Day: Swizz Beatz Says Ruff Ryders Don't Get Their Due Respect

“I just feel like the whole Ruff Ryders thing wasn’t given its proper props...We was very unique at the time. Nobody really brought in a culture within another culture—the bike culture—extreme sports mixed with the street...People forget we were breaking all kinds of records, and I think we was going so strong and so powerful that the industry couldn’t deal with it no more.” - Swizz Beatz, on the Ruff Ryders music label. [via HipHopDX]

Cassidy Is Mad At Swizz Beatz

After crafting such hits as "My Drink and My 2Step" together, Cassidy and Swizz Beatz don't appear to be buddies anymore. For his part, Cassidy sounds like a bitter ex. The rapper recently blasted superproducer Swizz Beatz for not showing him enough attention.

Okay, that's not exactly what he said, but it sure feels like that's what he's trying to say.

“@THEREALSWIZZZ don't even answer my calls anymore: we ain't speak in over a year: I thought we was fam, but times change, Smh That why I changed.. Ain't no love loss.. It is what it is,” he tweeted. “It's never a war, I'm just speaking my mind.. How can we talk if you never pick up, You said you let me do my own thing ASAP, but what does that have to do wit communicating, since I'm doing my own thing you don't talk to me anymore.. Thats crazy..,” he continued. “the only reason I'm on twitter is cause that's the only way I can reach you.. RealRap.”

Swizz Beatz Reps for the Knicks

Producer Swizz Beatz has been commissioned to create a new theme song for the New York Knicks. Swizz teamed up with Knicks stars Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire and some of the team's dancers to shoot a video for "Go NY Go!" the Knicks theme song as they prep for the playoffs.

The producer was specifically picked by the Knicks organization to create the new song. The Knicks have become fashionable once again following the summer 2010 signing of Stoudemire and the February trade for Anthony.

Video: Swizz Beatz FT Eve - The Classic

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Swizz defines what it means to be classic, some classic Ruff Ryders songs, and what it takes to create classic music. Ruff Ryders First Lady Eve, also shares her experiences working with Swizz and explains why he is good at what he does.

Mashonda's Bounced Back

Mashonda is enjoying her resurgence on the hit show "Love & Hip Hop." The former Mrs. Swizz Beatz had become a poster child for scorned women following her ex's stepping out with, and subsequent marriage to, Alicia Keys; but now Mashonda feels that she's a role model for women looking to rebuild their lives following a painful breakup.

"At the time that we shot [the show,] I was in a great place, so that’s what made the difference," Mashonda tells KING. "I felt like that was my therapy, and that’s all I wanted to do. Anytime I’d log in to Facebook or Twitter, there would be tons of women reaching out to me, thanking me for sharing my story. Those messages gave me a lot of strength, a lot of courage. From that point on, I just wanted to help women."

When asked her ever-growing fanbase of male 'groupies,' the sexy singer sets the record straight.

"I show everybody love," she says. "But I don’t like the word “groupie”-—it’s so harsh. I don’t feel there’s anything wrong with one person admiring another person."