For those people wondering where the ‘Riverside motherf*****’ sample the track is built around came from, it’s from one of my favourite films ever ‘Juice’ which was released in the early 90′s and starred a then unknown Tupac alongside Omar Epps & Khalil Kain. This is a classic film that belongs in everyone’s collection and the clip below shows where Sidney Samson got the sample from – caution, it contains swearing & violence…

So now you know. “Riverside MOTHERFUDGER!!”

He’s also gone the whole hog and taken out bus stop adverts in his native New Zealand to promote the “movie trailer concept”. UK artists, take note!

The writer & actor of KiDULTHOOD and writer, actor and director of AdULTHOOD has just been named the winner of the BAFTA Rising Star award 2009 which was voted in it’s entirety by the public. Good news for Noel fans and a well deserved win – congratulations to him!

As I said before, just so long as either Noel or my old friend Toby won, all would be right with the world. As good as Michael Cera is, he’s not in the same class.

“OOOOOH THIS IS MY SONG!!!!”

I hope this doesn’t disappoint like White Chicks did!

Diddy’s LA Story – Biggie was supposed to be in London when he was killed:

Wow.

And for the idiots posting comments on these youtube videos: Biggie > 2Pac.

The award is a pretty big deal as the previous winners have gone on to great success (Shia LeBouf and James “Shameless” McAvoy being the last 2) and it seems that the whole grime scene has (rightly) come out in support of Noel Clarke. He’s a grafter and has done a lot for  British “urban” (because I can’t think of a better term) film. He’s given a lot of actors in London a platform with his films Kidulthood and Adulthood and of course repped in Dr Who and is definitely deserving of the award but my vote goes to Toby Kebbell.

I’ve known Toby for over 10 years as we’re both former members of the Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham and while I haven’t spoken or seen him in the last couple thanks to lost phones and number changes; as an actor, he really takes his craft seriously and grafts hard to make his performances not only believable but real. You might not have seen Control (which is a really good film) but chances are you’ve seen Rock’N'Rolla (aka Guy Richie’s only decent film other than Lock Stock & Snatch) and saw him smack it with his film stealing performance as Johnny Quid.

I, of course, am biased and while I’ll vote for both, Toby will get a couple more votes from me. Either way, if Fassbender, Cera or Hall win – we’ve all failed! If you want to vote click here or text the surname of the actor you want to win to 82058 (so for Toby Kebbell text KEBBELL to 82058 and for Noel Clarke text CLARKE to 82058). T’s & C’s are on the Bafta website.

And if either Noel or Toby are reading this – you need to do a film together. THAT would smash it to pieces. Oh and Biaja, my number’s the same. When we meeting up for a drink?

Just got my hands on the soundtrack to the film Notorious which had it’s US Premiere last night in LA and it’s actually quite a good compilation of some of Biggie’s greatest hits along with a couple of the original demos that got him signed to Bad Boy and a couple of new tracks fron Biggie’s friends and family:

01.  Notorious B.I.G. – Notorious Thugs (Featuring BoneThugs-N-Harmony)
02.  Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize
03.  Notorious B.I.G. – Notorious B.I.G (Featuring Lil’ Kim And Puff Daddy
04.  Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
05.  Notorious B.I.G. – Party And Bullsh*t
06.  Notorious B.I.G. – Warning
07.  Notorious B.I.G. – One More Chance/Stay With Me (Remix)
08.  Jay-Z – Brooklyn Go Hard (Featuring Santogold)
09.  Jadakiss – Letter To B.I.G (Featuring Faith Evans)
10.  Notorious B.I.G. – Kick In The Door
11.  Notorious B.I.G. – What’s Beef?
12.  Notorious B.I.G. – The World Is Filled…(Featuring Too Short And Puff Daddy)
13.  Notorious B.I.G. – One More Chance/The Legacy (Remix)
(Featuring CJ Wallace And Faith Evans)
14.  Notorious B.I.G. – The Notorious Theme (Composed By Danny Elfman)
15.  Notorious B.I.G. – Microphone Murderer (Demo)
16.  Notorious B.I.G. – Guaranteed Raw (Demo)
17.  Notorious B.I.G. – Love No Hoe (Original Demo Version)

Most interestingly is track 13 – a new version of Biggie’s One More Chance (Stay With Me) featuring his son CJ. Take a listen to this:

Now we already know that CJ looks a lot like his dad, but what do you think of his rhyming skills?