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STEELERS VS. PATRIOTS

Steelers vs. Patriots

Best of the best
This weekend's matchup between Pittsburgh (9-3) and New England (12-0) pits the Patriots' top-ranked offense against the Steelers' top-ranked defense.


Category Patriots offense Steelers defense
Points: 39.1 (1st) 12.9 (1st)
Totals yards 425.3 (1st) 230.8 (1st)
Pass yards: 304.0 (1st) 154.0 (1st)
Touchdowns 61 (1st) 17 (1st)


Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3) at New England Patriots (12-0)
Date: Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007
Kickoff: 4:15 p.m., ET
Site: Gillette Stadium (68,759) • Foxborough, Mass.
Playing Surface: FieldTurf
TV Coverage: CBS-TV (locally KDKA-TV, Channel 2)
Announcers: Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Phil Simms (color analyst)
Local Radio: Steelers Radio Network WDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970)
Announcers: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play) Tunch Ilkin (color analyst) Craig Wolfley (sideline)

A Look at the Coaches

Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin
Overall Regular-season Record: 9-3 (.750)/first season
Regular-season Record at Pittsburgh: 9-3 (.750)/first season
Playoff Record/Years: n/a

New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick
Overall Regular-season Record: 123-81 (.603)/12th season
Regular-season Record at New England: 87-37 (.702)/eighth season
Playoff Record/Years: 13-3/six years

Series History

Series History: Series began in 1972
Overall: Pittsburgh leads 13-9
At Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh leads 9-8
At New England: Pittsburgh leads 3-2
Neutral Sites: n/a
Last Meeting: Sept. 25, 2005 (in Pittsburgh)
New England 23, Pittsburgh 20
Postseason Series: New England leads 3-1

Pittsburgh owns a 13-9 all-time record against the New England Patriots, including the postseason...the Steelers are 12-6 in the regular season, including a 3-2 mark in New England...Pittsburgh has not won in New England since a 24-21 overtime victory in 1997...the Steelers snapped the Patriots’ NFL-record 18-game regular-season winning streak in 2004 with a 34-20 victory at Heinz Field on Oct. 31...however, New England has won five of the past six games in the series, including victories in the 2001 and 2004 AFC Championship games, both in Pittsburgh...the Steelers are 9-8 overall against the Patriots at home...Pittsburgh and New England have met four times in the postseason and the Steelers are 1-3 in those games, including a 1-2 record at home...the Steelers defeated the Patriots, 7-6, on Jan. 3, 1998, in the AFC Divisional Playoffs...however, Pittsburgh lost, 24-17, to the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game Jan. 27, 2002, and 41-27 in the 2004 AFC Championship Game.

Steelers-Patriots Connections

Steelers-Patriots Connections: Several Steelers have ties to New England and the Patriots.
Steelers assistant head coach/defensive line John Mitchell coached with the Cleveland Browns (1991-93) under Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who was Cleveland’s head coach (1991-95) at the time. LB James Harrison played under Patriots linebackers coach Dean Pees (head coach) at Kent State. QB Brian St. Pierre played at Boston College and is from Salem, Mass.

Patriots with connections to the Steelers and Western Pennsylvania include LB Mike Vrabel, who played with the Steelers from 1997-00. TE Kyle Brady played at Penn State.

What To Look For

PITTSBURGH TEAM NOTES

• The Steelers look to improve to 14-9 all-time (including the postseason) against the Patriots.
• The Steelers look for their first win on the road against the Patriots since a 24-21 victory in overtime in 1997.
• The Steelers are looking to snap a two-game losing streak against New England.
• The Steelers look to improve to 3-3 on the road this year.
• The Steelers look to improve to 8-2 against AFC opponents this year.

PITTSBURGH INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Head Coach Mike Tomlin
• Needs three more victories to become the first rookie coach in team history to win 12 games in his first season (Bill Cowher posted an 11-5 record in 1992). Tomlin is 9-3 in his first season.

WR Hines Ward
• Needs one 100-yard receiving game to move into sole possession of second place on the team’s all-time receiving list. He currently has 16, which is tied with Louis Lipps (1984-91).
• Needs 122 receiving yards to become the Steelers’ all-time receiving yardage leader. He currently has 8,612 and trails only John Stallworth (8,723).

RB Willie Parker
• Needs 15 rushing yards to move into fourth place on the team’s all-time rushing list ahead of Frank Pollard (3,989). Parker currently has 3,975 career rushing yards.
• Needs 402 yards to surpass his previous career high for rushing yards in a season. He currently has 1,093 yards rushing this year and had 1,494 in 2006.
• Needs 15 rushing attempts this season to give him 300 for the year, marking the second straight season he has posted at least 300 rushing attempts (337 in 2006).
• Needs two 100-yard rushing games to move into third place on the team’s all-time list ahead of Barry Foster (20). Parker currently has 19 career 100-yard rushing games.
• Needs three rushing touchdowns to move into the team’s all-time Top 10 for rushing touchdowns. He currently has 18 rushing touchdowns.

QB Ben Roethlisberger
• Needs one touchdown pass this season to move into a tie for second place on the team’s single-season passing touchdowns list with Terry Bradshaw (1979). He currently has a career-high 25 touchdown passes on the season and is just four touchdowns shy of breaking the team record of 28 in a single season (Bradshaw -1978).
• Needs 23 passing attempts to move into sixth place on the team’s all-time list ahead of Mark Malone (1,374). Roethlisberger currently has 1,352 career passing attempts.
• Needs one 300-yard passing game to move into a tie for second place on the team’s all-time list with Neil O’Donnell. Roethlisberger currently has four and is tied with Terry Bradshaw.

TE Heath Miller
• Needs one touchdown catch to surpass his previous career best of six touchdowns in a single-season. Following his two-yard touchdown reception in Week 10 against Cleveland, Miller has tied his career high with his sixth touchdown catch of the year.

K Jeff Reed
• Needs seven points to reach 600 career points.



Steelers-Patriots Match-ups
Friday, December 7, 2007
By BOB LABRIOLA
Steelers.com

The following are some of the interesting matchups to watch when the Steelers visit Foxborough for a game against the undefeated New England Patriots:

STEELERS OFFENSE VS. PATRIOTS QB TOM BRADY: It’s not exactly avant-garde thinking to figure out the best way to deal with Tom Brady’s multiple skills is to keep him on the sideline. That’s an impossibility for the entire game, but there are times when it’s more important. One of those times is at the end of the game. Some will look at the close games the Patriots had against the Eagles and the Ravens and claim those serve as a blueprint for how to end an undefeated season. But actually, those two teams offered a blueprint on how to lose to New England. Brady’s fourth-quarter comebacks in both of those games never happen if the Eagles and Ravens converted third downs in the fourth quarter to maintain possession of the football. Philadelphia failed because of turnovers; the Ravens failed because of three-and-outs. If a team does enough things right to have a lead in the fourth quarter against the Patriots, it then becomes incumbent upon that team’s offense to convert third downs to hold onto the ball – and keep the king of comebacks on the sideline.

STEELERS SECONDARY VS. PATRIOTS WR RANDY MOSS: There are a lot of problems presented by the Patriots offense, and the primary one for every opponent is the big-play ability of Moss. Big plays kill a defense just as surely as turnovers kill an offense, and this seems to shape up as a matchup of strength vs. strength. The Steelers have allowed only seven completions of 25-plus yards, and the only one longer than 40 was the 56-yard flea flicker from Kellen Clemens to Laveranues Coles on the second play of the game against the Jets. Conversely, Moss alone has eight catches longer than 25 yards, and six of those eight are longer than 40. If Moss is making plays deep down the field against the Steelers defense, anything else the unit might be doing correctly will be for naught.

STEELERS ROLB JAMES HARRISON VS. PATRIOTS LT MATT LIGHT: One of the impressive things about the Patriots offensive line is it plays better as a unit than the talents of the individuals might indicate it would. Light is rarely mentioned when the league’s top left tackles are listed, but since he is charged with the most important job on that team – protecting Brady’s blind side – he must be pretty good. And the fact Brady has been sacked only 16 times in 430 attempts proves the point. Harrison, who was named the NFL’s Player of the Month for November, leads the Steelers with 8.5 sacks, and that puts him in a tie for fourth in the AFC. Light is going to have to adjust quickly to Harrison’s speed and explosion, or he’s going to lose the battle of leverage every time. The Steelers have to get pressure on Brady, or they’ll have no chance to win. It’s not Harrison’s job alone, but he’s going to have to play well.

STEELERS QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER VS. PATRIOTS OLB MIKE VRABEL: One of the most glaring errors of the Bill Cowher era here was the coaching staff’s inability to figure out a place to play Mike Vrabel. That Cowher and defensive coordinator Jim Haslett were incapable of finding a spot on the field for Vrabel led to the loss of a guy via free agency who just might be the best player on a Patriots defense that also includes DE Richard Seymour, NT Vince Wilfork, OLB Adalius Thomas and CB Assante Samuel. Vrabel leads the Patriots with 9.5 sacks, and he also has 56 tackles, four forced fumbles, plus a couple of touchdown catches as an extra tight end in goal-line situations. Roethlisberger is going to have to deal with a lot of things in this game at New England, and figuring out where Vrabel is and what he might be doing on any particular play could be one of the more difficult ones.

STEELERS PK JEFF REED VS. PATRIOTS KOR ELLIS HOBBS: Imagine the surge of energy that would flow through the Steelers sideline after a touchdown against the Patriots. Now, imagine the impact that a touchdown return on the ensuing kickoff would have, not only to the Steelers sideline but also throughout the stands at Gillette Stadium. Hobbs is averaging 27 yards per kickoff return, and he has brought one back this season 108 yards for a touchdown. The Steelers have had some success with Reed altering the depth of his kickoffs, and if that’s what’s again necessary to corral a dangerous return man, then so be it.

MAYWEATHER VS. HATTON

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THE PRINCE RETURNS

WIZ KHALIFA'S PRINCE OF THE CITY 2 IS SET TO DROP NOVEMBER 20TH 2007.

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BEANIE SIGEL INTERVIEW W/ ALLHIPHOP

AllHipHop.com: So what’s The Solution?

Beanie Sigel: To what?

AllHipHop.com: Word is the title was Return of the Bad Guy, so why is it now The Solution?

Beanie Sigel: The first song I recorded when I had came home, it was a track that used a sample from the Scarface movie, so that’s where that came from. That was the first song I did called “Return of the Bad Guy”. That was the generic title. And then I started recording; towards the end I was searching for a title cause the music, to me, it was strong, it was different in production and a lot of things I usually do as far as music wise than my other albums. I think this might be the strongest one to date as far as the music, the lyrics, the production. So, The Solution. The solution to me for a lot of things as far as getting the music that I want to hear in the course of a day, I really can’t hear it if I’m listening to the radio or watching videos. It’s the solution to that, for me. It’s the solution to problems, whether it be mine or somebody else’s. I made a lot of songs that people can get stuff from.

AllHipHipHop.com: You record The B. Coming knowing you were about to go to jail, besides that was there any difference in your approach to recording this new album?

Beanie Sigel: The B. Coming, I was rushing. At first while I was taking my time doing a lot of songs. When I do my album; I record, if I ain’t feeling the music, I’ll put it away. He might be like [pointing to his associate], "Naw, you crazy, that song’s it." That’s been my whole thing in my career. I record like 15, 16, 17 songs and they ready to put that album out as soon as I get that one that they think can be a single, they ain’t even worrying about the second or third single, "Put it out, put it out!" I always was rushed. This album here will be my first album I can say I completed [it] at my own pace and I’m comfortable and I’m ready to put it out.

AllHipHop.com: The music didn’t sound rushed on The B. Coming and you had a plan going in, did it not come together?

Beanie Sigel: The promotion plan ain’t go through. I knew I was going to have to go away for a minute, everybody knew. So I did as much as I could once I found out what my time was, I had to go away for a year and a day. I did enough things that if I couldn’t promote it physically there was a visual. I did seven videos in five days. I recorded my whole court process. My whole house arrest time, I did like 18 weeks on house arrest. A whole mixtape I recorded in my house on house arrest—I brought equipment and built a studio in my house. I was in there recording songs everyday. I had all that footage on film. After I went in it was like put it out and it do what it just do. I think if [the label] paid a little more attention to it, for what it was that album could have been a lot bigger.

I mean it went gold but if they had pushed it man…
The court stuff it was there, so it was like, What can I do to use this to help me? Anything that they tried to use against me I was using it for me. I did a lot of work man but I felt it went in vain.

AllHipHipHop.com:: So what’s the label is this new album coming out on, Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam? Def Jam?

Beanie Sigel: Def Jam.

AllHipHipHop.com:: Def Jam, ok…

Beanie Sigel: Roc-a-Fella [chuckling]

AllHipHop.com: Fans where expecting you to hit the ground running when you were released from prison, did you take your time on purpose?

Beanie Sigel: Actually when I came home…I ain’t write no music while I was locked up. I ain’t write one rap when I was away.

AllHipHop.com: Why not?

Beanie Sigel: Just the atmosphere, it wasn’t it for me. I ain’t feel it, yanahmean? I was in jail so I wasn’t Beanie Sigel, I was regular. So I didn’t even think about writing raps. I was writing my raps without writing them, if that sounds…that’s an oxymoron, whatever.

I was writing my raps without writing them by just soaking in a lot of stuff that was around me. Stuff that I was seeing, hearing, interacting with different people in the jail. The raps was already there I just had to put them down when I came home. I had a lot to talk about, so it was there. I just had to put it down and get to the music.

So when I first came home, just with the situation of the Roc-a-Fella break up and the split up there was a lot of things that just turned me off from making music at that point; on the business side of things. When I finally got my situation straight, like I wanted to have it, I started recording.

I wanted to have a break. It felt good to have a time out for a minute. I ain’t wanna leave from the music, go away to jail, and then come back and jump right back into it. I wanted to get time to relax, downtime, family with my kids and stuff and just slowly get back into it and that’s what I did.

Usually I just go in the studio and just record; whether it’s 16 bars, put that on the beat, sit it over there and we get back to it. I ain’t do that on this album. When I went in I knew I was going in to make a song. I ain’t do mixtape stuff, none of that. Everything that I was writing was for album purposes.

AllHipHop.com: You just mentioned wanting to get your "situation" straight, what do you mean?

Beanie Sigel: My situation as far me getting back into the thing. Making that transition from the Roc-a-Fella split and where I was going to be and what I felt that I wanted at the time from the label or whatever. Once I got that straightened how I wanted it, that’s when I went in and started recording.

AllHipHop.com: Is it true you’re not going to be working with Dame anymore or is that just a rumor?

Beanie Sigel: I mean a lot of people thought I was going to be on Dame Dash Music Group when I came home. That wasn’t the case. I was in the position where I had to choose between two of my friends and I wasn’t willing to compromise that so I just backed out of the whole situation period.

AllHipHop.com: But you’re on Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam now, so how did your current situation come to be?

Beanie Sigel: I’m on Def Jam/Roc-a-Fella.

AllHipHop.com: So I’m assuming you’re cool with both of Dame and Jay-Z still?

Beanie Sigel: Yeah, I don’t have no problem with nobody. It’s just that actually, to be totally honest, I was always still signed to Roc-a-Fella, being binded by contract. It really wasn’t a matter of making a choice, it was just a decision. Cause really they could have kept me binded by my contract and there wasn’t nothing I could do about that.

AllHipHop.com: So what’s the status of your clothing line?

Beanie Sigel: Right now I’m trying to iron a lot of things out with the clothing line. When I had to go away a lot of stuff was just left in Dame’s hands and he made a lot of decisions with the clothing line that I wouldn’t make. Right now I’m trying to straighten out a lot of business so I can get the clothing line back how it should be.

AllHipHop.com: Will the clothing line still be called State Property?

Beanie Sigel: If we can’t iron out the situation I’ma just move on to a new situation.

AllHipHop.com: What’s about the cartoon you were working?

Beanie Sigel: Yeah, The Playpen. I’m still trying to push that. The people I had working on the cartoon they made a lot of decisions on what they thought that I would want to happen and a lot of things got screwed up. I’m still in that process of fixing a lot of things. People took it upon theyself [sic] to do a lot of things, to make a lot of decisions that wasn’t correct.

AllHipHop.com: It seems like you gotta…

Beanie Sigel: Start all over. That’s what this is. That’s how I’m working right now, like this is my first album, coming out, starting all over again.

AllHipHop.com: One line you said on the album was, “Gonna learn that I was more than a gun and a song." You saying you’ve been misunderstood?

Beanie Sigel: Yeah, I’m more than a gun and a song. You can’t just judge a person by the media nowadays or what you read because nowadays good news is no news. There’s a lot of good going on that you don’t hear about, cause it’s not exciting. That’s why they got magazines and tabloids, it’s gossip. A lot of people just think that’s what it is. They look at the movies, people who don’t know me, Who’s Beanie Sigel, they look at State Property and they be like, Oh that’s him. I’m stuck with that character. [mimicking a scared voice] I wanted to say something but I was scared, cause in State Property you looked…
But this is not State Property, this is real life.

AllHipHop.com: You ever wonder if what if instead of rolling with the Roc you had rolled with The Roots?

Beanie Sigel: No, I ain’t never think about that. Umm hmm [Note: Sigel asks, "What you think?" to his associate, who says, "Roots fans wouldn’t have been ready for him."]
I don’t think we would have complimented each other, at the time.

Actually them vocals on “Adrenaline”, I probably recorded that maybe a year prior to me even meeting Jay-Z. Me and Tariq [Black Thought], we grew up together. Actually that was my first rhyming partner in elementary school. Me and Malik B, we was real tight so I went with him down to the studio one time. When I recorded it, I wasn’t even thinking about being a rapper. It was just something that I knew how to do. So I went down there with him, we was in there f*cking around. Scott Storch was playing for them at the time so he was just playing around, bullsh*tting on the keyboard and he had made the little beat or whatever, he just was f*cking around. Malik kept telling me go ahead record, I’m like, "Nah man, I ain’t doing that sh*t." So they had a couple of raps that I had did that day cause we was just in there bullsh*tting around [but] they recorded it. Then when I got signed with Roc-a-Fella, I had put out a mixtape. I was just putting joints out in the street, they had called and said, "Yo, what you going to do with that verse you had did on the jawn?" So I came down to the studio and they had my vocals from back then and I ain’t know what they was talking about at first. So when I came down and I heard it, I ain’t even remember that sh*t. I had to keep listening to it and I went in there and re-did it over for them. They was like "Yo, we want this verse right here, the same way you did it, cause it wasn’t even a full beat [originally]. That’s how that song happened.

AllHipHop.com: What’s the status of you and Kanye West?

Beanie Sigel: I ain’t go no problem with nobody. I don’t want no trouble. [coyly]

AllHipHop.com: Think you would ever get another track from Kanye West?

Beanie Sigel: If he do it. I believe so.

AllHipHop.com: Has it been a struggle not compromise your music, it seems like you’ve had the luxury of doing what you want to do.
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Beanie Sigel: I always did my music the way I want. I’ve made a couple of records that I wouldn’t have made.

AllHipHop.com: Like what?

Beanie Sigel: [laughing] I ain’t going to do that cause it’s going to sound crazy. It’s a couple of records that I wouldn’t have did that I was talked into. "Alright, I’ma try it." [But], I ain’t never going to compromise my music because that means I’m compromising myself. I can only give you what I got. I think I make good music man.

AllHipHop.com: The first single "All Of The Above" with R. Kelly opens you to new fans. But isn’t he suing Jay-Z?

Beanie Sigel: I don’t know nothing about that.


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STEELERS SHUT-OUT SEAHAWKS

THE DEFENSE WAS WITHOUT STARTERS: CASEY HAMPTON, TROY POLOMALU, HINES WARD, AND BREAKOUT WR SANTONIO HOLMES. I THOUGHT HONESTLY THAT MY BELOVED STILLER BOYZ WERE GONNA HAVE A TOUGH GAME BUT FROM THE START IT WAS ALL DEFENSE. UNTIL ABOUT THE LAST 2 MINUTES OF THE FIRST HALF THE STEELER'S OFFENSE LOOKED LIFELESS, Roethlisberger MADE SOME KEY THROWS DOWN FIELD THEY SPREAD THE FIELD AND NAJEH DAVENPORT STEPPED UP COMPLETELY!

IN ALL FAIRNESS, THIS MATCH WAS ONE SIDED, THE WHOLE "STARTERS ARE OUT...WE AREN'T GONNA PLAY GOOD DEFENSE" WENT OUT THE WINDOW. THE FIRST COUPLE DRIVES THE SEAHAWKS MOVED THE BALL DOWNFIELD, GAINING YARDS BUT NOT WHEN IT COUNTED ON THIRD DOWN. TATUPU WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THEIR DEFENSE'S SLOW BURN ON 'FAST WILLIE' PARKER, ALTHOUGH THEY STAYED IN HIS FACE, HE GRINDED OUT A HEFTY 102 YDS ON 28 CARRIES.
`MOTOR.MAXX`


On the possession that essentially broke the game open, Pittsburgh overcame three holding calls in one seven-play stretch and a 10-yard sack to score on backup tailback Najeh Davenport's one-yard dive over left tackle. Unofficially, the Steelers gained 107 yards on the drive, which opened up a 14-0 lead. Most importantly, though, the Steelers converted three long third-down plays.

Roethlisberger threw to wideout Cedrick Wilson for 15 yards on a third-and-13. Then he hit Miller for 13 yards on a third-and-8. On a third-and-17, following a 10-yard sack by Ellis Wyms, he went back to Wilson again for 17 yards.

"Those plays," said Seattle free safety Deon Grant, "are [killers]. You've got to make a play on third down. They did and we didn't. It's that simple. We'd put them in a hole, then we couldn't keep them down. We couldn't get ourselves off the field."

The fact that the Pittsburgh offense was able to so thoroughly control the tempo against a very good Seattle defense, and without the fast emerging Holmes and four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Hines Ward (sprained knee), must be a confidence builder.

Everyone knows that tough, aggressive defense is a Pittsburgh staple, and that was the case again in shutting down a high-powered Seahawks attack. Pittsburgh pestered quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, holding him to an anemic 116 yards and a 44.7 passer rating and sacking him twice. Tailback Shaun Alexander, who looked tentative as he continues to play with a cast on his broken left wrist, managed 25 yards on 11 carries.

Counting playoff contests, it was the 30th straight outing in which the Steelers did not allow an individual 100-yard performance. In the second half, the Steelers surrendered just one first down and 33 yards on 13 snaps. And the shutout was only the second against a Mike Holmgren-coached team in 245 regular-season games.

But even without Polamalu and Hampton, the Steelers' defense still has a lot of playmakers.

If the offense can develop a few more key components to go along with Ward and Holmes, tailback Willie Parker (28 carries for 102 yards) and Miller (four receptions, 44 yards) -- and if Roethlisberger manages games the way he did Sunday -- the Steelers could surprise some people.

At 4-1, in first place in the AFC North and with a bye next week, which will allow some wounded players should be able to recover before Pittsburgh resumes play at Denver on Oct. 21, the Steelers exited Heinz Field on Sunday feeling pretty confident about themselves.

With good reason.

"The coaches keep challenging us," wide receiver Nate Washington said. "And we keep demonstrating to them we're ready to step up to the challenge. We showed that today."

Len Pasquarelli is a senior writer for ESPN.com.

PRINCE OF THE CITY 2!

WIZ KHALIFA'S PRINCE OF THE CITY MIXTAPE GOT GREAT REVIEWS AND WAS THE BEGINNING TO A BRIGHT FUTURE.
SINCE HE(WIZ KHALIFA) DROPPED SHOW & PROVE HE'S DROPPED HIS SUMMER MIXTAPE "GROW SEASON" THAT WAS HOSTED BY DJ GREEN LANTERN, THE GROW SEASON ALTHOUGH IT HAD THE MATERIAL TO KEEP HIS FANS CONTENT UNTIL HE DROPS 2(PRINCE OF THE CITY 2), IT LACKED THE PROMOTION THAT WOULD HAVE SETUP THE SEQUEL. BUT BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU
2 WILL BE SOMETHING YOU'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE. A MIXTURE OF MUSICAL BEATS, TRUNK RATTLING BASS AND ARTISTIC RHYMES, YOUNG WIZ GETS MORE PERSONAL ON THIS ALBUM, DEALING WITH HARDSHIPS, DEATH, NEW DEAL, MORE MONEY MORE PROBLEMS HUH WIZ? DON'T BE THE ONE TO WAIT FOR THIS ALBUM...BE THE FIRST!

2!

YOUNG WIZ IN NYC

BE E-Z!!!!

Wiz Khalifa performed @ Snitch in New York City
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As you can see when he started out people in NYC wasn't really sure whether to say that fux with the Burgh but by the end of the performance, there was alot of convinced listeners that the Young Prince is making GOOD MUSIC.

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Wiz Khalifa(Rostrum/Warner Bros), 20, Pittsburgh has released his first single with Warner Bros "Youngin on his Grind". Youngin has been grinding heavy in the studio with his highly anticipated sequel to "Prince of the City" on it's way.

Steelers Take Lead in AFC North

Steelers Jumped out 7-0 before I even turned on the tv, (LOL) I was on my way, running up the stairs to turn on the steeler game because I realized that It's a couple minutes past 1pm and the I know my stillerboyz are playing them Cleveland Brownies. I knew yesterday talking to some of my friends about the game that we were gonna spank the Brownies and their new 'toys' from the draft. Unfortunately, Cleveland's starting QB Charlie Frye couldn't get the job done.
Frye - 4/10, 34 yds, 1 INT
Romeo Cornell decided to use 2nd String QB Derek Anderson(Oregon St.)who couldn't do too much more but did manage to keep the Browns from being completely shut out.
D.Anderson - 13/28, 184, 1 TD, 1 INT
CLEVELAND (AP) -- As the Steelers huddled around him, Mike Tomlin was presented with a game ball following his first game as Pittsburgh's coach.

The Cleveland Browns handed him win No. 1 much earlier.

In their first game in 15 years without iconic coach Bill Cowher stalking the sideline, the Steelers blitzed, battered and bullied their way to a 34-7 win over the hapless Browns, whose season opener couldn't have gone much worse.

Ben Roethlisberger threw a career-high four touchdown passes as Pittsburgh built an early 17-0 lead and rolled for Tomlin, the easy-going 35-year-old former defensive coordinator who shares Cowher's passion -- not his volcanic personality.

Scouts Buzz
It was imperative for the Browns to play mistake-free football against Pittsburgh and they couldn't have been further off that script. Cleveland QBs Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson were overwhelmed and confused against the Steelers' blitz package. Pittsburgh used overload, cornerback and zone blitzes to consistently harass the Browns' signal-caller. It didn't matter who was taking the snaps, Pittsburgh found a way to get to him and ended up with six sacks. Anderson and Frye couldn't sense the pressure and insisted on holding the football far too long. Even when Cleveland begun to create a little momentum, it would squelch that momentum by taking a costly sack or committing a penalty.
-- Matt Williamson, Scouts Inc.

"This win is not about me," Tomlin said. "This is the story of the 2007 Steelers."

And it began the way other seasons have, with a romp over the Browns, whose complete breakdown on an early punt set the tone for another embarrassing day of turnovers, sacks and ineptitude.

Tomlin did his best to hide his emotions, but he was clearly moved by the Steelers' outpouring of respect following the game.

"You can see the excitement in his eyes," Roethlisberger said. "He really doesn't get rah-rah. As a player you like that. He's calm. You don't have to worry about getting yelled at or spit on or getting stuff thrown at you."

Willie Parker rushed for 109 yards as Pittsburgh started the Tomlin Era with the kind of bruising victory that typified Cowher's tenure in the Steel City. Cowher went 21-5 against the Browns, but Tomlin did something even his iron-jawed predecessor couldn't: beat Cleveland in his first meeting.

Cowher, who left the Steelers in January to become a TV analyst, lost his first game against the Browns after replacing Hall of Famer Chuck Noll in 1992.

Pittsburgh dominated in all phases, forcing five turnovers and recording six sacks.

"We were expecting a lot more," said Browns coach Romeo Crennel, who dropped to 1-12 against AFC North teams and is winless in five cracks at the Steelers. "We dug ourselves a tremendous hole, and in the NFL, when you dig yourself a hole, it's hard to get out. We're not good enough to overcome a hole as deep as we dug."

Crennel recently received an unsolicited vote of confidence from general manager Phil Savage. But all the back slaps in the world won't help the third-year coach unless he wins.

By the end of the third, the Steelers led 31-7 and disgusted Browns fans fled as a steady rain further dampened what they had hoped would be a better beginning for a team that has had just one winning season since 1999.

That year, the Steelers stomped the Browns 43-0 in Cleveland's expansion return, a thumping that led to rookie quarterback Tim Couch being handed the starter's job before he or the team was ready.

The Browns, who have lost eight in a row and 14 of 15 to Pittsburgh, could be faced with a similar decision.

Crennel benched starting quarterback Charlie Frye in the first half. Frye went 4-for-10 for 34 yards, threw an interception and held the ball way too long while being flushed from the pocket.

Derek Anderson came in and didn't do much better, but he did throw a 1-yard TD pass to Lawrence Vickers to avoid a shutout.

And while their team was being dismantled, Browns fans periodically broke into chants for rookie Brady Quinn, who was designated the team's No. 3 quarterback but could soon be elevated to No. 1.

Crennel said he would have to watch game film before deciding on his starter for next week against Cincinnati.

The Steelers have no such worries. Roethlisberger, determined to put a sub-par 2006 behind him, went 12-of-23 for 161 yards. He threw two TD passes in the first quarter and two more in the third for the Steelers, who started last season 2-6 and missed the playoffs one year after winning the Super Bowl.

"There wasn't much I didn't like," Tomlin said. "I guess a few penalties. We could have played the game a little cleaner."

The Browns imploded shortly after kickoff.

On their first fourth down, newly signed Cleveland punter Paul Ernster let the snap slip through his hands before scrambling to get off a 15 yarder.

Cleveland was whistled for four infractions -- two holds, an illegal formation and having a man downfield -- on the play and the Steelers scored moments later when Roethlisberger hit Hines Ward on a 5-yarder.

The romp was on.

"I'd like to think we got the bad one out of our system," Browns wide receiver Joe Jurevicius.

Game notes

Quinn was designated as Cleveland's third quarterback. Crennel said he never considered bringing in the first-round pick. "What was I going to do, put him in there and throw him to the dogs?" ... Jeff Reed kicked two field goals for Pittsburgh. ... Browns Hall of Fame guard Gene Hickerson, enshrined last month, served as an honorary captain. At halftime, Hickerson, whose health has been declining in recent years, was presented with his Hall of Fame ring.

Summer Jam 07'

Pittsburgh Native Rapper, Wiz Khalifa, who has recently inked a deal with Warner Bros, is set to perform @ Summer Jam this year in Pittsburgh's Mellon Arena.

This year's list of stars to perform are:

*Lil Wayne
*Young Jeezy
*Mario
*Wiz Khalifa
& More

Youngin on his Grind (VIDEO SHOOT)

Youngin is mos def on his grind! The young boy Khalifa has been grinding in the studio and in these streets. His buzz has gone to great new heights, signing to WB and recently peforming in Atlantic City for the prestigous Dub Tour. This is his first single from his upcoming album.