Media Chin-Check

You know, I really enjoy XXL magazines...I really do...but I swear, they are really on Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit Records dicks! Every other magazine, you see someone from that faction...they'll never put someone that you actually would give a damn in seeing....Juvenile is on the current cover.....wtf?? His CD was supposed to come out months ago..

Oh yeah, and I'm not a hater..I mean, I kinda sorta like G-Unit, but c'mon ladies and gents, we all know that XXL keeps doing this shit..hell, even the readers write them letters about this EVERY month

Sincerely,

D-Nizzle

I think xxl is shooting themselves in the foot, they have the right circumstances to elevate beyond the highest circulation peak of the vibe and source magazines combined. Yet seem to only be interested in promoting "the jimmy iovine mess" which seems to be a reality show on the rise and then fall of the biggest marketing scam of hip hop music. Unfortunately they give us the taste of a good publication and then return to the telling us the same old boring 50cent story. I mean the man has a movie, two albums, a book and countless dvd's. How many more stories can there be??? This dude doesn't deserve to even be in this position much less deserves my 4 bucks, I read it for laughs at the end of the month when it finds it's way to the free or for $1 rack on the hood newstands. It was ingenious at first to plaster the Interscope roster of "Yes men and ignorant idiots", but Interscope has more talent that doesn't get shine than the so called talent that get's all the shine.

Hell the only way i would read that crap again is if i saw it in a barber shop and was waiting to get a cut....he is a child and he kisses ass way to much, he's not even a good writer at all...People still read the source over here in the UK but no-one really likes it much 'cause since Selwyn Sefu Hindes left the mag has gone steadily downhill....and as for Interscope lets be real honest they need some real MC talent on that roster....

This is something I would have done. Good stuff. Keep up the good work Has. And don't be like these other SOHH Bloggers talking about Hi-Five.

This is just another example of how the money and power and NEW rules of the games in 2005 makes shit as lame as hell. Now interscope doing it but to have nuthin but gunit and aftermath on the cover is crazy, there are alot of artists (they sell also) that could be on there. Its almost to the point that xxl and interscope is starting to look like the source and benzino...Now i aint pointing but the similarities are shocking...

The only thing good that XXL has going is Eye Candy. XXL is under the Interscope umbrella. Every two months, G-Unit, Shady, Aftermath are on the cover.

Xxl put 50cent so much on the cover ja -rule sould be on there because 50cent singin like ja now xxl get money to ride interscope/shady/50cent dick xxl is bitch jus like 50 {LOL}

Straight up though...I subscribe to XXL, but certainly not for the hundreds of pages of ads, nor the 50 Cent fan club that they head up. It's crapper material...cuz I don't have a lap top. Eye Candy's been only aight lately. But that fool YN, I'd like to slap him myself...he acts like he buried the Source himself. Benzino did that on his own..with some help from 50. You hit it right on when you said they #1 by default. They can't come with no new news...cuz by time the mag is published, SOHH and allhiphop have already covered it so it's yesterday's news. I'd recommend SOHH and allhiphop do more in depth stories on artists as the publications do, and completely take them chumps out the game. Hell..steal they format like they did Sources. Anyway, if you see YN around, thump dude right in the forehead for PZ. Him, his arrogance..and his mouth is really the main reason I won't resubscribe. I ain't puttin no more money in that fools pocket. Rather than praise the culture, he spends all his time praisin himself.

That's real.

PZ

Hashim,

Andrea Duncan was writing on hip-hop (in between working at MTV and managing Redman) long before her and Jefferson Mao got married. It's a bit wack to suggest that the only reason she gets to write for XXL is because she's married to Mao.

I got the same letter, probably because I'm listed as the #10 ranked hip-hop blog on Technorati. Shit, the only reason I'm that high is because I have a decent amount of links stemming from my political and technology posts. I do write lyrics and am into hip-hop, but come on, this was an obvious marketing attempt to use bloggers. I wonder how deep down the Technorati "hip hop category" ranks he went to get his email list. You know, the long tail is pretty long in that category. They're wasting their time.

Oh, and thanks for the link to his "We Major" rant:

"You're beneath me. You wanna know why I ain't gotta answer niggas? 'Cause I truly understand these niggas-sneak dissin' haters who want to get put on. You just want my autograph on your copy of ego trip's Book of Rap Lists or, better yet, on a XXL contract. You'd be doing naked cartwheels if I ever gave you a byline. You don't stand for shit, so sit. Just wait for your moms to go to sleep so you can get back on that computer. I'm ready for a blogger geek burial. I'm Kool Herc to you jerks. Plus, I'm rich, pricks. And I kept my integrity. There's no one better than me."

This guy sends out his plea for us to cover his ass and at the same time pseudo raps in such a disparaging, bitch-ass way? C'mon now!

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Why the hatred bloggers, we should be glad that we have shit to roll with. Negative energy only brings negative feedback.

A LOT OF Y'ALL ON THE THAT BANDWAGON TALKIN' BOUT XXL BE DICK RIDING G-UNIT & INTERSCOPE. PEOPLE ARE SO SIMPLE. THE ONLY REASON ANYBODY SAYS THAT IS CUZ THE SOURCE DONT FUCK WITH EM. IF THE SOURCE PROMOTED INTERSCOPE, THAT XXL DICK RIDER STUFF WOULDN'T EVEN BE A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION

XXL tight, but Murderdog is the real mag.

NO BEASTIALITY TRUTH IS TRUTH. INTERSCOPE PAYS TO GET ON THE COVER OF XXL BECAUSE ELLIOTT WILSON IS A DICK-RIDER AND HE WANTED NOTHHING MORE THAN TO SEE THE SOURCE GO DOWN ANYWAY. THATS WHY 50 AND THEM ON THE COVER SO MUCH. SO IT'S NOT HATING WHEN IT'S TRUE, IT'S REAL TALK.

i gotta give murderdog its respect as a known hip hop mag but cmon, in every issue we lucky if we see 1 recognizable rapper in that bitch. and let's be real, niggas wanna read about the juicy shit, the beefs, the niggas that's on TV. i aint sayin just cuz you on TV you a good rapper, but nobody wanna hear from the niggas in bumblefuck Texas, ATL, or Tennessee, or Oklahoma.

and why the fuck would you wanna be known as "yellow nigga." just say u light skinned and call it a day.

MALIKII-

ANYBODY WITH CASH IS GONNA PAY FOR EXPOSURE IF THEY CAN AFFORD IT. SO WHAT IF INTERSCOPE PAYS FOR ARTISTS TO BE ON THE COVER OF XXL!

HOT 97 TAKE MONEY FROM LABELS TO PLAY SONGS! I REMEMBER A WHILE AGO, DEF JAM AND OTHER LABELS WHERE BUYING UP THEIR ARTISTS ALBUMS FROM RECORD STORES JUST TO PUSH THEIR SALES OVER THE TOP.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT INTERSCOPE STUFF DON'T REALLY MATTER. 50 CENT WILL SELL MILLIONS OF ALBUMS WITH OR WITHOUT XXL HELP ANYWAY!

Yeah.....

What he said!!!

I hate when niggas be sayin "XXL is on Interscopes dick..." listen up. INTERSCOPE IS ON TOP RIGHT NOW. Aftermath, like it or not, is the most successful record company at the moment. Who cares if u dont like them or if they aint real. It is what it is. They sell records. So why the fuck shouldnt XXL put them on every cover? Why put Jay Z and his roster on the cover when Jay Z only grants interviews every 6 years!! O heres an idea! Lets put Memphis Bleek on the cover! o wait...hes garbage...how about Slim Thug!!?? He's good! O wait...he didn't even go gold. Trust me, if any of u morons had a magazine, you would be trying to put the top sellers on your covers month after month too.

FREE SHYNE
BWS 4 LIFE

What it do? TRUTH, its the niggas in Texas and ATL that are runnin this rap game right now. RECOGNIZE

TRUTH
Pick 5of your favorite artists from ATL and/or Texas. Combine their album sales. It still won't amount to the number of copies the Massacre has sold. And the Massacre was Fiddy's WEAK album. Aftermath is runnin shit. RECOGNIZE

AINT NO REAL LYRICISTS FROM TEXAS OR ATLANTA.

ATLANTA MAKE CLUB MUSIC. TEXAS RAPPERS DONT TALK ABOUT SHIT.

ALL YALL DOWN SOUTH NIGGAS DRINKIN ROBOTUSSIN AND SLOWIN DOWN RECORDS. THAT SHIT AINT HOT NIGGA!

east coast ass niggas hate the south cause its so playa down here. especially in houston where i stay. yall say we country but if you poor in new york your ass is really country. all yall muthafuckas crammed on top of each other in them 20 story project buildings. yall kitchens is the same size as my kids closet and shit. yall have to ride those filthy nasty subways everywhere yall go. i bet if some of yall took a trip to houston we wouldnt be able to get rid of yall ass. plus yall could get rid of that athletes foot once for all cause you could lose them stank ass timbaland boots yall wear year round. we sport jordans and air max down here. i love fucking with yall east coast niggas cause i know yall really jealous of us on the cool and thats why yall always have something negative to say about us.

amp how many times you ben to nyc.that was the dumbest shit ive read in days on the blog.your reasons make no sense."we jealous of yall on the cool"what the fuck is that.
oh yeah and i can just see your ass trembling walking through the projects.

yo amp all them projects and closet sized kitchens u talk about, them nasty subways, that's what the real hood is. that urban shit. we got love MJ but we been rockin jordans since they came out, nigga retired, jordans were hot in the 90s nigga. and we dont just buy jordans or air max, we cop whatever look hot, u limited ass nigga.

NEW YORK NEW YORK BIG CITY OF DREAMS

Aint this yn too old to be faking moves like he got sumthin ta say? I seen his pic and he look like grady from sanford and son or a drunk. rap mags stink today so whatever,

Amp just made all of Southerners look stupid with his ridiculous comments. I'm from the South and I don't endorse this clown at all. Not all of us are ignorant like this fool. I do acknowledge the fact that we have some garbage MCs down here but then again they come from all regions now. I've been all over the country and I bet this clown would never set foot in NYC nor would he be talking that sh$t. He probably has never been on the other side of his own city much less NY.

it sucks that the Source had to file for Bankruptcy or whatever happened with their Financial situation, but hey, I guess when you have someone like Benzino's wack self on there, beefing' forever with Em, you stand to lose alot of money. I mean, I just don't know how Benzino thinks he's a millionaire. I mean, yeah, the Source is pretty much over, but damn, his albums, and he's got about 50 out, never go past plastic. I mean, come on, bro, give it up

all I know is texas got some fine ass thick women, most of them NY Bitties look gully as hell, probably got AIDS and whatever. I would rather get me one of them country girls, becuase they treat you better and they know how to cook

Sam Cook I feel you! Rap mags suck so much today. I'm not in the states and I used to buy a rap mag every now and again at whatever you pay in the states times 7. But now, i'd rather get beer. lol
Elliot Wilson....what a fool!

You think that maybe if Slim Thugga...or some other cats was gettin them cover pages...you think maybe they might push some more units?

You think the bombardment of articles..and covers, and GUnit this..and GUnit that which takes place in the XXL..you think that ain't partially responsible for some of them numbers that GUnit does?

You think GUnit sales cuz the streets think it's hot? No..it sales because that is the only hip hop branch being forced down everyone's throats. If they would put more exposure on some up and comin artists....something might start a fire under a new breed..or a new somebody other than this mark.

So there needs to be balance. One has everything to do with the other. They hot right now because they all over the place, but they all over the place cuz they hot right now. I believe that is what "The Source" is "trying" to say..but it's too late for them to be taken serious.

Hip Hop is bigger than 50 Cent and G-Unit, PERIOD. Any hip hop head knows and appreciates that as fact..and sees what is really goin on.

PZ

The artist with the biggest fan base, sells the most mags...DUH ??? The real stories are on the inside, so fuck the cover !!! These blogs are stopping to be real picky and bitchy....

Usually, I read these blogs, get a good laugh(for the most part) or learn something new(rarely). Today, I got the best of both worlds. Amp, you provided a helluva laugh, Mainman, with your assumption of all us "East Coast" cats. The good thing is, you're not an idiot. YOU A NEW FUKKIN FOOL! Fukks like you wouldn't last 5 minutes anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon line, you hay-bailing, aunt-banging, still-pissing-in-slop-jars, Cough-syrup-for-cheap-thrills ass motherfukka! Jordans? Air Max?? Man, do you even know that this is 2005? We wore that shit back in the early 90s. Step your shoe game up, Cletus. That being said: when I first copped XXL, I was feeling it. It offered an alternative to the Source(which has been in a constant state of decline for the past 4 years, at least) and it was a hot magazine. The one thing that always pissed me off and influenced my decision to never subscribe to it was that first page. With the dumb ass yellow cat ranting and raving and bigging himself up. It was funny at first, but then it got jive annoying. I personally don't have a problem with 50 or anybody in G-Unit, but I'll be dammed if they are the only group in hip hop that's newsworthy, so don't think it's hatred. I really don't see how a magazine could keep someone that relevant for so long. If that's the case, I may as well go back to the Source where they have at least 3 ads for Benzino's wack ass album or group.

PZ..You made some very valid points, Brother. Aftermath/Shady/G-Unit is being forced down consumers' throats. I for one ain't buying, though.

NastyNateq....Them NY bitties look gully? Bitties??? I'mma ask u like I asked that clown, Amp, U do know that this is 2005, right? Nobody says bitties, anymore, Dude. I know some women from the South that can't boil water and I also know some Sistas from the Coast that should own their own restaurants, so dead that argument about cooking. Besides, be a fukkin man and learn how to cook for yourself. Also, women in one area are no different than ones in other areas. Texas women will fukk over dudes just as quick as a woman from NY, North Dakota, Cali, or Florida will. STEP YO SHIT UP, MAINMAN.