January 9, 2006
Bronx Created Hip-Hop...
...but when you really think about it, they suck at it on a commercial level and artistic level. Seriously. If you compare The Bronx to other boroughs, it's seriously lacking.
Staten Island had a better run in rap than the Bronx - Wu-Tang, Shyheim, King Just, UMCs, Force M.D.'s. You could say Staten Island has quality over quantity. You can list Brooklyn and Queens artists for days. When Harlem does come to the table, they do it big and with style.
But what about the Bronx?
To my recollection, the best The Bronx has to offer is Big Pun, Boogie Down Productions (not KRS-One), Slick Rick and Nice & Smooth. You could toss 3/4's of D.I.T.C. (Lord Finesse, Diamond, Show & AG) in there too for impact, but not sales. But after that, it's a wrap. Remy Ma. Drag-on. Fat Joe. Chi-Ali. The Legion. I'm sure I'm missing some people but that just shows how boring the BX is.
It just goes to show that it doesn't matter who started it, but who finishes it. This is just a segment of a large issue, which is NEW YORK HIP-HOP IS IN A COMA. I'm too busy to write it out and be thought provoking, but rappers in NYC suck - ESPECIALLY PAPOOSE. This negro is garbage. I've heard people say he's the 2nd coming of Raekwon. Ya'll are bugging out. Papoose is sub-par. And you tell him and Kay Slay that I said it.
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November 30, 2005
Toodles Tookie
I can't believe the execution of Crips Gang co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams is so big. The irony of it all is that they are meeting with former Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Weird.
Now, I don't buy into Snoop Dogg's bullshit claiming that Tookie is an inspiration of troubled youth. The man wrote a couple of books denouncing gang-life. Big deal. Most of these kids can't read so what's the point. The kids only understand two things. LIFE and DEATH.
If it were up to me, I'd let the victim's families of the four people he killed while gang banging decide if he should live or die. If it were me, I'd request to participate. Let me push the button or hold the needle before the injection.
Executing Tookie can serve an inspiration as well. Let it serve as a reminder to these kids that keeping it real and trying to live the life of a thug can cost you your life.
Toodles Tookie!
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November 18, 2005
Worst Week Ever: Business Men & Gangsters
Sometimes I'm not so sure of these rappers. One day they're gangsters, the next day they're business men.
When Irv first came on the scene, I knew him as DJ Irv. Then he became Irv Gotti. Now he's Irv Lorenzo. Of course, I'm not stupid. He's downplaying his image so he looks better to in the public eye.
Then you have Cam'ron who is being uncooperative in his shooting investigation. According to Juelz:
"Cam isn't going to do it. It's not in our nature. He isn't going to stand up and point out a guy in a witness line and say, 'That is the dude who shot me.' We all came from the street."
That seems strange to me considering Freeky Zeeky took the stand in 2004 to testify against a man accused of killing his friend during a traffic accident.
Will someone please explain what's the difference between both situations!
Finally, this whole situation with The Lox and Diddy.
Disgusting.
The bottom line is The Lox 'claim' they want to be business men, but keep handling the situation like boys. Whether you're from The Streets or The Boardroom, a deal is a deal. Diddy let them go to Interscope providing he got some of their publishing. It doesn't matter if it's 10 years, 20 years or lifetime; The Lox need to man up and stop holding RADIO TELE-A-THONS getting the public to beg label to let them go.
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October 29, 2005
Fat Joe: Last Man Standing
With Nas, Jadakiss, Styles P, Sheek Louch, Beanie Siegal and Jay-Z making peace this week and Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Ma$e, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and 50 Cent being one happy family, where does that leave Fat Joe?
As of now, Fat Joe is like the last standing fat kid that no one wants to pick to play on their team. He can't hit, throw or run, but they feel sorry for him, so they let him play. 
Oh well. There's always REGGAETON! Will Fat Joe make nice with Jay-Z so he can play with the rest of his friends? We all know ONE guest spot w/ Jay-Z would put Joe in a whole new light. The Black Jay-Z rhyming alongside The Latino Jay-Z would be FUEGO!
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October 19, 2005
Some Ish I Wrote While Making Bacon
I love me pork.
I could be healthy and get some Turkey bacon, but that's faking it. I hate fake food. If you're a vegatarian, you should eat plants. Stop fronting eating plants in the shape of a hot dog. That's the life you choose. Anyway....
I'm still bugging ;Fantasia wrote a book that she can't read. Truth is, truth hurts. I expect her Behind The Music to be more entertaining than New Edition's 1.87 royality check.
Speaking of dumb chicks, Seven played herself on The Ultimate Hustler. Looking at her bony ass, there's no way in hell she's making six figures. She's probably counting from the decimal places. It's more like 0000.00. She's so small you could probably watch her strip on a dial-up connection. (Geek joke)
While we're on The Ultimate Hustler, was the strippers for M.O.P.? or Fox?
I'm not trying to get fucked up over a blog, but I think Fox like girls. "Not that there's anything wrong with that."
How the hell did Alicia Keys make the BET's All Shades of Fine: 25 Hottest Women? She's cute, but she's not top 25. Maybe top 50. How did they put Hallie Berry over Beyonce? It could have been worse. They could have mentioned Buffie The Body who's face is not all that. However, those negros at BET forgot all about Kellita Smith (Bernie Mac's TV Wife). She's hot for real.
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October 1, 2005
Easy As ABC: Abort + Black Babies = Crime Reduced
Education Secretary William Bennett commented last Wednesday on his "Morning in America" show an idea of how to reduce crime.
"But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down."
Whoa.
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September 23, 2005
Just Wondering About K-Ruger...
With Jay-Z's first signee's passing, does that means K-Ruger will be G.O.A.T. anytime soon? Just wondering...
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September 6, 2005
Cot Damn! It's A New Day!
With Kanye West putting Bush on blast, I just realized, ITS A NEW DAY!
Kanye just upped the level on all fronts.
Musically. Did you cop Late Registration. I didn't like it at first, but after a week of playing it, I can see why so many people said it was a classic album. I don't agree with classic album status, but it changed the landscape.
Politically. Kanye said what was on the minds of many African-American's during a live concert.
"George Bush doesn't care about Black people."
Nuff said.
Aside from Jim Jones snuffing George Bush on The White House lawn, nothing is topping Kanye for a minute.
Today, we can safely replace the same-o-same HIp-Hop conversations...
Nas vs. Jay-Z is getting boring. G-Unit vs. D-Block is too simple. Eminem vs. Benzino is pointless.
So all this week, I will be bring you some new things to talk about on your project benches. I will be giving you stuff to discuss during your watercooler break*. I will plant stuff in your brain so you sound more intelligent at the lunch table.
It's A New Day Ya'll
* if you don't know what a water cooler break is, put down the french fry basket and get a job.
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September 2, 2005
Katrina - Payback Is A Motha!
All I see on TV is black people with a sprinkle of white people looking like they're living in a third world country.
These news reporters are killing me talking about looting. WTF!
Looting is when the community is in full operation and the people decided uprise and decide to take everything that's not nailed down. These people are just trying to survive.
Is it really neccessary for every solider to hold a M-16? i mean, if you're trying to help me, what's the guns for?
Its funny how the US ran to help the Tsumami victums. The US helped the World Trade Center victums. So why isn't anything being done for New Orleans?
Two reasons.
1. The majority of the victums are Black / African-American.
2. Payback is a motherfucker!
You think Bush forgot that only 14% of the African-American Men in Louisiana voted for him? He didn't forget that only 9% of African-American's voted for him? And he'll never forget that 39% of the people making under $15,000 a year voted for him. He's never going to forget that New Orleans only gave him 45% of the vote.
I hope my state doesn't get hit. We voted for Kerry.
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August 17, 2005
Did[dy] Anyone Care?
What pisses me off the most about Puffy aka Puff Daddy aka P. Diddy aka News At Eleven changing his name to Diddy is that he made it a big deal. Will someone tell this nigga he's not Prince.
As it stands now, Diddy is more like Diddly-Squat because dude is not popping off like he was in his shiny-suit days.
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August 16, 2005
Who Would You Die For?
Now, I'm sure we've heard plenty of rappers and singers stating that they would die for someone. I've even heard of people willing to die for Hip-Hop. LOL.
There are not too many people in this world that I would lay down my life for. My belief in God. Props to all those kids in Columbine who died for thier belief in God. I'd die for my son. I'd die for my wife. NOTE this is my wife, not my wifee/long-time girlfriend/top bitch. Big difference. I'd die for my parents.
I do not live or die for Hip-Hop. If you do, more power to you.
I'm not dying for my dog. I love him but I'm not switching places with an animal who licks his balls all day.
I would not die for a friend. Especially a friend who still lives with his mom or has no job. I don't see the point in me dying so my friend can walk around all day pouring our cheap beer for me wishing he could take my spot.
So who would you die for?
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July 21, 2005
Rappers You'd Like To Fight
Sometimes I just don't be feeling these rappers. I got a list of rappers that I'd like to fight. I'm not saying I'd win, but I would definitely like to swing on 'em and let what happens, happen.
Here's who I'd like to go a round or two with...
Bow Wow. I'd like to hold him down by his neck.
Kanye West. I'd check this nigga real quick. I hope John Legend would jump in to help so he could get some too.
Terrance Howard. He's not a rapper, but he plays a rapper in Hustle & Flow. I don't like this nigga. Maybe it's because he's always playing an asshole role and it seems to fit him so well. But I'd like to tap that chin.
What about ya'll. Who would you like to fight?
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May 24, 2005
Sensitive Thugs You All Need Hugs
You know what pisses me off - insecure rap fans.
For example, I had some fans accused me of hating on The Game because I suggested that The Game quit rapping. So J-Oh and Yeh and a few other sensitive thugs came at me all reckless.
WTF!
The problem is you are insecure and unsure of yourself and your taste.
You are so concerned that people won't accept your newfound favorite emcee.
In the greater scheme of things, what do you care if I don't appreciate The Game as much as you do? That nigga ain't paying me. And guess what - that nigga ain't paying you either.
In my opinion, Chuck Taylor is an average rapper. His skill set is from 1989 - 1991. That's not such a bad thing, but I've heard it before and it's old to me. If you want to juggle Game's testicles and give him accolades, praises and such, by all means do your thing. Stand by your man.
And for this entry, I'm not letting you post comments 'cause I don't want to hear nothing you've got to say.
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May 16, 2005
Scarface: Way Overrated
...I'm referring to the movie.
It's sad how many people look at this movie as the blueprint of hustling. Most rappers look to this movie for inspiration on 'going all out' because in the final scene Tony Montana goes out in a blaze of glory.
So what. He died. And he killed his best friend and his sister.
How come no one talks about the scene where Tony Montana is warned to keep a low-profile before he draws too much attention to himself and winds up dying. If every rapper paid attention to that scene some rappers might have careers.
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April 29, 2005
Becareful What You Spit In School
LOL, some kid got expelled from school for rapping during a class break. The article says "a teacher heard the boy and accused him of making threats against teachers", but the article doesn't say who he was listening to.
Hmmmm, I wonder who he was listening to.
Could it have been Fat Joe?
...Yo! Now have you ever felt the metal to your melon, it just cock back / Ask for the money and drugs, say you ain't got that / Where the cops at? prayin that they comin / Just a few seconds your brains be layin on your stomach...
Nah, maybe it was 50 Cent?
...Niggaz screw they face up at me / On some real shit son they don't want beef (nah) / I cock that, aim that shit out the window and spray / There ain't a shell left in my heat / Y'all niggaz better lay down, yeah I mean stay down / You get hit with AK round, your ass ain't gon' make it / You niggaz'll get laid out, your blood and your brains out / Have you on the concrete ship already sinkin...
Hmmm. Nope. Maybe The Game.
...Keep jibbin and jabbin I pull the thirty eight magnum / and get to clickin and clackin your homies wanna know what happened / Come to Compton see Thriller like Mike Jackson / I might be, Spike Lee, of this gun clappin...
Wait! I know who he was listening to...
...Fresh out the federal cases I got several / About four or five; just had to settle two / They said I try to show a nigga what the metal do / but didn't succeed; the nigga still breathes / Attempt please? I would have hit him in his peas / With the Mac with the beam that got back in the breeze / Only clap from the neck up; I'd probably let the heck-lar plug 'em / I don't think they make Kevlar scullys...
Yea, Beanie Sigel!
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April 19, 2005
Exclusive: Inside The Conclave
Who would have thought to hide a tiny lens inside of a Cardinal's hat?
I did! And that's how I got these exclusive pictures as to what goes on behind closed doors.
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April 1, 2005
What's In A Name?
The other day while looking at the back of my Beanie Sigel album The B. Coming, I noticed it was Damon Dash's new imprint, The Damon Dash Music Group.
And then, I noticed the tiny logo next to it which read 'Criminal Background Records' and it got me thinking - where is the longevity in a record label like Criminal Background Records?
Don't get me wrong. I think it's good that rappers create companies for themselves, but at the same time what you name them is very important.
Take a look.
- Bad Boy Records - It's CEO beat down Steve Stout with champaign bottles.
- Ruthless Records - Known for jerking it's artists and producers from Ice Cube to Dr. Dre.
- Death Row Records - Tupac Shakur. 'Nuff said.
Maybe it's me but I just can't see me telling my parents I work for Criminal Background Records.
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March 11, 2005
I Fit The Description
As I write this, I'm thinking back to 10 years ago when I was snatched up by the police because I 'fit the description'. I was on 143rd and Convent Avenue hanging out with some friends. I must have been there for about 6 hours straight. I finally decided to go home.
I made my way downstairs and just as I opened the door to the street, two cop cars pulled up on the curb. The officers riding shotgun jumped out with weapons drawn. At this time in my life I was just getting used to getting patted down atleast once a week, but I never had guns pulled on me by cops.
So, I'm instructed to put my hands above my head and kneel on the ground. In seconds, I'm cuffed and frisked. By this time, my friends from upstairs came downstairs. They tried to ask the cops why I was being arrested but...you know how the police do..."This is none of your business", yadda, yadda, yadda.
I'm tossed up in the car and driven to the City College campus where something major must have taken place. I figured all this out by the ambulances. I'm pulled out of the car and taken to the back of one of the ambulances.
Inside the ambulance, I see a kid about my age (23) bleeding from his head and his chest. I find out he's been shot twice. The kid sits up and the cop says "Is this the guy who shot you?" This is the defining moment right here. What happens next determines whether I go to Central Booking or home.
WTF! The kid passes out. Somebody shake homie 'cause I didn't shoot him.
He passed out for about 2 minutes but it seemed like forever. He sits back up, and looks me dead in my face with a puzzled look. Finally, he says "It wasn't him." The cop asks him again. He says "It wasn't him" and passes out one more time. Whew! The cuffs are removed.
The cops give me a ride back to where they picked me up at. On the way back I asked them why they picked me. "You fit the description."
- Black male
- 18 - 36
- blue jeans
- brown leather jacket.
Who doesn't fit that description.
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The Apprentice Downplays Hip-Hop Again
Did anyone catch The Apprentice last night with Lil Kim, Lil Jon, Fat Joe and Jadakiss? I did and once again The Apprentice played Hip-Hop out.
This week's task was for both teams was to produce a 11-minute charity auction on FUSE TV. Each team would negotiate with five of the biggest talents in the music industry, and convince them to donate "personal experiences" -- prize packages designed to allow the winners some face time with the performers.
Lil Jon has set Black people back 400 years. He allowed this chick Tana to downplay him and snatch his manhood.
"While Tana may have looked a bit out of place with Lil Jon and his crew, she jumped right into the hip-hop world, using lingo she might not have ever used before." - episode recap
Once Tana said "Give me a little bling-bling! This is nice. Now we be talking!" Jon just sat there shucking and jiving and let her play with his Crunk Juice cup. I would have checked her on that ebonics bullshit. OKAY!
Next was Lil Kim who agreed to let people bid on spending a week with her. She's probably unpleasant be to around THIS WEEK (and possibly for the next 30 years) but it was a good prize. It was funny to that chick Tana say to Lil Kim:
"I think somebody would be like, love to go on a roadie with you, I just wanted you to know that, straight up. I know somebody would really diggity that."
Who the hell says diggity? Outside of a live Das Efx performance, no one talks like that. I probably wouldn't have said anything either. That was just Tana's ignorance.
Jadakiss didn't get played out but it was kinda weird to see him not on BET. Interscope must have deep pockets to get him some face time on The Apprentice. Anyway, Kiss agreed to let the highest bidder travel around the world with him on tour. No disrespect, but does Jadakiss really tour around the world? His package didn't get too many bids. I guess Yonkers wasn't watching that day.
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March 10, 2005
The Best DVD Magazine Is Not Smack DVD
So last night, The Mixtape Awards gave Smack DVD The Best DVD Magazine Award for the year.
IMHO, not SOHH...
If you're from New York, I guess Smack DVD might be your only choice, but I've seen way better produced Hip-Hop DVD's than that. Smack is good if you want to see some grimey kids spitting 96 bars back n' forth and some dirty interviews. But that's all Smack has to offer.
I'm not hating on Smack 'cause I own mad Smack DVDs and will probably continue to cop them, but IMO The Raw Report is way tighter. The Raw Report which is made out of ATL has much better editing and the interview style is better too. I would have voted for them, but on the Mixtape Awards ballot, Best DVD Magazine wasn't a selection. Hmm...
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March 7, 2005
Who Protects Us From You?
In 1984, Bernhad Goetz shot four black males on the New York City Subway. He had a feeling that they were going to rob him because he had been robbed before. Even though the jury acquitted him, Goetz did 8 months for illegal weapsons possession. This case raised the standards of the justifiable homicide defense which wouldn't be felt again until...
1999. Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant was killed by four officers. The officer's lawyers argued that they reasonably feared that their lives were in danger and had to react. The trail was supposed to be held in The Bronx, but the courts felt the trial wouldn't be fair because The Bronx is 2/3's Black and Hispanic. So it was moved to Albany where it's only 1/8 Black and Hispanic. After two days of deliberations and Chinese take-out, a jury acquitted the officers of all charges.
2004. Nineteen year old Timothy Stansbury Jr. is shot and killed because Officer Richard Neri didn't expect him to be on the other side of the door when he opened it. The officer was exonerated.
2005. Ousmane Zongo is killed by Officer Conroy. Conroy is claiming self-defensive. The jury is still out, but expect history to repeat itself.
In the words of KRS-One, who protects us from you?
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February 28, 2005
SOHH What You Saying?
These rappers kill me saying things that 'sound' cool but are actually pretty ignorant. Here are a few of my favorites.
Julez Santana - Refering to himself as cooked crack. NEWSFLASH! Crack is cooked cocaine (and baking soda), therefore you wouldn't cook it again.
Fat Joe, who's been in the streets forever, refers to himself as 'Cook Coke'. Referring to yourself as cooked crack shows that you might not really be up on your drug game.
Jadakiss - On the The Raw Report DVD Magazine, he is questioned about why he is wearing a Ronald Reagan' shirt. He goes on to say that Reagan was one of his favorite presidents and that he was sad to hear he died. Why? Because Ronald Reagan was the coke years.
The evidence shows that for nearly 10 years a Central Intelligence Agency operation sold crack cocaine by the ton along with sophisticated assault weapons to two Los Angeles youth gangs, the Crips and the Bloods.The CIA then funneled millions of dollars in drug profits to U.S.-trained terrorists in an effort to oust the Sandinista government in Nicaragua during the 1980s. The Sandinistas had overthrown the U.S.-backed Somoza dictatorship in 1979 in a mass-based revolution.
Under President Ronald Reagan the contras were responsible for killing thousand of civilians, including children. This new admission, however, sheds light on how the war against Nicaragua also took innocent lives here in the United States, through poisoning the African American community by the proliferation of drugs and high-powered, sophisticated weaponry. - Workers World.org
Despite his college education Jadakiss still manages to say some really dumb shit every once in a while.
Raekwon - Everytime I listen to C.R.E.A.M. this one line makes me chuckle. "Kick the truth to the young black youth" Get it? If not, mouseover this link. What are some of your favorite lines?
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