Busta Rhymes told the homie H.D (the SOHH correspondent and writer) that in October, he will be releasing that Before Hell Freezes Over album that I mentioned back in February. But if he doesn't snag a single as strong as "Touch It," and doesn't follow that up with a prompt album release, you can expect to see The Big Bang numbers once again. And in the midst of all this bad publicity, he needs to be on-point.
But at the end of the day, who is still checking for Busta? Besides money-hungry schemers trying to get paid... I hear crickets. No pun intended.
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Looking at the video for Talib Kweli's "Hot Thing," you won't find Common anywhere. But what I meant-- as indicated by the blog title-- is that the graphics in this video are crazy. Remember Common's "Go?" Well, the imagery in this video took it a little further: [NOTE: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL LEAK VERSION. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE OFFICIAL VERSION TO PREMIER ON BET THURSDAY.]
"Hot Thing"
"Go"
Both of these videos are strong in the anti-cliche department. I don't understand how directors don't get sick of filming the same-ol club scene and the video vixen routine. Nor do I get how people don't get sick of watching it.
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Many are aware that T.I stole Cassidy's Split Personality concept and used it for his current LP, which worked quite successfully, if you will. On Cassidy's last album, Split Personality, he could be heard in the middle of a crowded battle arena, spitting rhymes back and forth as both the commercialized "Cassidy" and the underground freestyle kingpin "The Problem." But that's as close to a rap battle as the Philly MC is going to get, according to Swizz Beatz, who told MTV that any possibilities of the off-the-top rapper standing in front of a pool table at the Fight Klub is out of the question:
"That's not going down. I'm not gonna let Cassidy get pressured into doing that. He's at a point in his career where he feels comfortable and he's focusing on taking it to the next level. Unless it's something he's doing that's benefiting himself â€" getting a check? He's getting checks. Battling a person who don't have an album out, what is that? It has to be like something me and Kanye did onstage. Make it an event. Papoose is doing his thing, let him focus on his album, we don't want to interfere with that."That battle thing is a sport, it don't sell albums. Cassidy's been doing that sport since he was 12 years old. He went from the sport to the business side of it, to making albums. But he's on his freestyle thing. He'll bite a head off if he has to. But it has to be an event."
But earlier this month, Swizz said "you have to be gold [certified] or better. We taking on all challengers."
Why is homie all of a sudden thwarting what could potentially be one of the nastiest freestyle battles ever? Booooo.
Yeah Busta has been doing stupid stuff lately...but i still check out all his albums. Give us that good ish Buss! Dust off your shoulders
Whoa!!!, is it really... Okay here we go............. i'm 1st u cock sucking disrespectful faggot ass bastards... :)
Yeah Busta has been doing stupid stuff lately...but i still check out all his albums. Give us that good ish Buss! Dust off your shoulders
I have Talib's last album and will cop this one also. But, I have to ask a serious question:
How come all these rappers, especially Black rappers, all use Latin, Asian and White chicks in their video?
Sisters are beautiful and should be used in these videos also. Look at all these girls in the little captions on Talib's video. No dark chocolate sisters? Please show our sisters some love also.
(10 second break)
i'm lovin that new Kweli video. nice flip on the HP commercial. Kweli still keepin the hip hop torch burning...no compromises. Talib is as good as ever.
(break is up....
O.K kidz u can get back to your ay bay bay)
I'm looking forward to what Busta will come up with next, but I can't promise to cop his album. I've always been disappointed by most of the music on his albums in the past.
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Its good to see Talib putting out a non rap style video, but I expect that from him. I'd like to see more of the artists doing it. I like Ja Rule's current video which is totally hoochie free and I like 50s retro thing on the I Get Money video. Maybe these directors will start getting creative again.
T.I. didnt steal cassidy's idea there was a song on his album trap muzic called TI VS Tip thats where the concept came from. trap muzic if you didnt know came out in 2003. Get your facts right people
Homie, you gotta understand, TI been battlin TIP way before Cass was havin a split personality. Think back to Trap Muzik where he had the song "TI Vs TIP" and he talked to himself about how his wild actions could mess up the life the music game has placed for him. On the other hand he need to stay real to what got him there. Ya'll need to do research before yall make statements like that. Furthermore, TI takes the concept much farther by touching on concepts that involve real life, not just a track where he throws punchline at himself for bein commercial...
T.I. Didnt bite, get it straight mane.
Reckless why u had to throw T.I. name out there like that u gonna have all these southern ni99as gettin' they panties in a bunch....
Lyrically Cassidy would destroy T.I. and T.I.P. so ya'll need to shut the hell up, Cass been spittin' since Ruff Ryders was poppin' off.
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As for Busta he needs to push his shyt back to '08 and get his mind right b4 even thinking about droppin' another album.
I mean I'm sure he has it in him but i don't think the consumers are ready for him just yet he needs to clean up is act and get that monkey off his back.
Busta has always been one of my favorites, but his career is almost done. He should start investing in a label (no flipmode). After this flop of an album comes out, Dre is gonna drop him, and he's gonna be on Krotch (yeah i spelled it right).
As far as Talib, i can't see the video from work, but it's always refreshing to see something new. I'm glad he pushed his album back after that first wack ass single came out earlier this year. it still won't be on the "finding forever" level, but i'll think about buying it.
Reckless you obviously don't know shit about what you blog.
1) Busta was never really hot. People liked that he rapped differently but he never said anything special to me. He flopped like 2 times before finally making 1 hit as a solo artist and getting fame.
2) Dumb broad, Talib stole that video concept from those HP COMMERCIALS. Do you have a tv you simple minded bitch? You act like it's an original concept. It's been in a few videos, youtubes and all over your tv every 5 seconds.
3) Greatest battle ever? I follow the underground scene and knew of "b-cass" way before any of you did. He only had 1 battle that was famous and it was against Free because Freeway begged to put the music on because he can't battle rap. Even in that Cassify wasn't saying shit. He's not even the best young dude in Philly. There's a whole movement in Philly and nobody even counts Cassidy as part of it. When he battles he talks about guns and random shit, not even dissing.
man TI or tip versus cassidy or the problem????
that would be something!!
i dont know who to put my money on!
and im from philly!!!
I dont care what anyone says, Busta is PACKING
Shouts to the Real
Cassidy aint nothin' more than a punchline rapper. He dont talk about nothin.Why dude still has a buzz is beyond me.
Cassidy is a lil overrated.........
being an artist is more than being able to freestyle....u have to be able to sell a brand he cant do that
Busta needs to peace it up with Charlie Brown and Dinco D....and come out with a LOTNS album.....miss those days.
Busta is suffering from Bad Karma and it wont go till he gets justice served to him....as a nation member he should know mathematics dont lie...
Talib is OVERRATED..get over it...
and cass should return to his battle roots and give the people some raw MCing!
Ok, I like both videos, but Common's was original, plus the song is much better. Talib just copied the latest HP campaign, that's not original or creative, come on, you just put that title to get readers. I'm not hating.
Man until somebody buys Cassidy's record outside of NY an Philly....he aint relevant in this discussion.
Yo Reckless,
you have to be the worst reporter in existence. The "Quote" you took from Swizz about Cass not battling is in reference to Papoose, whom he said Cass wouldn't battle because "there would be no point (for the reasons you stated above). Here is the link so others can ACTUALLY read it.
http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/081307/
Don't try to confuse the lemmings who post here into thinking that there is some magic "T.I vs Cassidy" beef, or North Vs. South" or anything like that. Also, T.I's Trap Musik had a track where TI was battling Himself, and Cassidys album I'm a Hustla actually had him battling himself, not Split Personality. With your constant bashing of various Up North artists, its no wonder why New York keeps losing...
Da Manager
How in the hell is Cassidy over-rated? He's one of the most under-rated "real mc's" if anything, he is a beast. The split personality concept did originate with T.I. T.I. vs. Cass would be good hip-hop, but who cares about that battling shit anymore? It's played out!
Who ever said Cassidy dont rap bout shit is stupid ass motherfucker. yall niggas prolly def or some shit. Niggas like Redman dont rap bout shit.Cass will lyrically and literally murder ur favorite rappin ass nigga in a split sec. anywayz... whether or not big bang didn't put up big numbers that shit was almost a classic, and i will definately cop that before hell freezes over whenever the fuck it drops. the name alone give me the chills.
Dre Guevara says...
I dont care what anyone says, Busta is PACKING
Shouts to the Real
August 14, 2007 8:50 AM
@ Real Talk,
Don't front, we know it's U, ask Urself a question; do U honestly think mufuckas believe that I would post that sick ass shit about another man's schlong?
U're alot whole dumber than I thought U were, U make President Bush look like a Rhodes Scholar.
If U like 2 fantasize about that shit, do U, this is a blog, nobody is gonna kick Ur homo ass.
If U're a fag, U're a fag......
U Fag!!!
streetlifer says...
Busta is suffering from Bad Karma and it wont go till he gets justice served to him....as a nation member he should know mathematics dont lie...
August 14, 2007 9:27 AM
@ Streetlifer,
If a civilized person does not perform his duty, what shall be done?
Many are aware that T.I stole Cassidy's Split Personality concept and used it for his current LP, which worked quite successfully, if you will.
Look U bitch made fucker, TI didnt bite Cass u ass! On Trap Musik my nigga had a song called T.I. vs T.I.P. way before cass even thought it up. Trap Musik came out in 2003. Split Personality was in 2004, And if u really wanna be clear it was on "im a hustla" that cass had The Hustla vs The Problem. Reckless u stupid
Busta is finished!!! he's been exposed for the selfish arrogant dude that he really is, and has lost all of the "good will" and party person credibility that sustained his career. Its too late for damage control.. he'd better get some acting gigs cause the music is a wrap!
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I feel where Swizz is coming from cause on the business side of things, the less accessable the artist is the higher their value. Maad chicks think they can outsing Beyonce but Matthew Knowles aint holding battles in HS gymnasiums to prove them wrong. Rap artists got it twisted and are way tooo accessable and caught up in everyday street shit and don't know where to draw the line between common street shit and profitable professional business ventures ....thats why they're broke and going nowhere fast.
**fuc u white kids talkin bout?**
You corny son, and obviously dont know ANYthing about music.
Pleas name me ONE song where Cass isn't soundin' like he wants to battle or a song where this dude is REALLY talkin bout somethin' with some substance.
I'll wait.....
I would let Busta fuck me(no homo)
To all the 50 haters, 50 could just retire and only sell his dildos and sex toys.... I know I'ld support him, real talk. Shouts to the Real
Busta Rhymes bloated wack fuck. Been wack since he left LOTNS!
TI Vs TIP & Casidy Vs His alter ego = Two wack fucks battling their even more horrible selves. LMFAOOO at wack schitizofrenic rappers!
I saw Rock The Bells @ tweeter center in Mass. The Wu was there and they are my favorite emcee's of all time. However, Talib Kweli merked evryone with his live set including WU, Nas, Jedi Mind Tricks, Monch, Immortal Technique, and Cypress Hill. It was not even close Kweli tore it down.Dude is serious cop that Eardrum 8/21/07!
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Dre Guevara says...
I would let Busta fuck me(no homo)
August 14, 2007 11:28 AM
Dre Guevara says...
To all the 50 haters, 50 could just retire and only sell his dildos and sex toys.... I know I'ld support him, "real talk". Shouts to the Real
August 14, 2007 11:35
@ Real Talk,
I'm sure U would!
I guess Ray J's package was 2 much, so U hopped on 50's dildo?
Dre you dickhead, if that's even you posting and you aren't Ereal...the "fake" you is Ereal. He posts under a bunch of names like OG Hater and shit then he goes onto other peoples names and talks shit. The dudes a loser, he's on every hip hop site and does the same shit.
I think swizz pretty much dissed Pap, saying Pap wouldn't be able to make it a big enough event. ha ha
Cassidy is overrated and as far as T.I. stealing from him. If you go back to trap muzik its a song call T.I. vs. T.I.P. so get your facts straight. Cassidy can't even put out a quality ablum something T.I.P has done for a while.
Real Talk:
Sorry If I was wrong
xoxo
Real Talk says...
Reckless you obviously don't know shit about what you blog.
1) Busta was never really hot. People liked that he rapped differently but he never said anything special to me. He flopped like 2 times before finally making 1 hit as a solo artist and getting fame.
^^^
Just prove further that Real Talk is a fucking moron and dosent know shit about what he runs his dicksucker about all day, heres some info from our friends over at the RIAA.
1996- The Coming (Busta's First Album) - Platinum
1997- When Disaster Strikes (Busta's 2nd Album) - Platinum
1999- E.L.E. - Platinum
2000- Anarchy - Platinum
2002-Genisis - Platinum
2003- It Aint Safe No More - Gold
2004-The Big Bang - Gold
(will go plat eventually)
Busta was HUGE, you moron. Maybe back in 96 you were shittin in your huggies so you missed it. If you're gonna talk down on someone and call them stupid (even tho I agree reckless is a moron i.e. "Big Bang Numbers" and the shits cert. Gold) you should at least either know what the fuck you're talkin about, or do some research.
1 hunned.
Real Talk says...
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Look how you got my dick in your mouth and I havent even posted today. Look you fuckin faggot, I have ONE NAME that I post under on EVERY SITE. You cant even post on AHH unless you have an account you schoolboy fag. Now find something better to do than swangin off my fuckin nutts and spreading lies about me. Any one of these fuckin regulars will tell you im the realest motherfucker in this bitch and thats cause real recognizes real, but you wouldnt know anything about that would you. You fuckin pussy bitch, youre the dumbest waste of sperm Ive ever encountered and thats saying alot. Now keep my name outcha fuckin mouth and go change your diaper you fuckin disgrace. I feel sorry for what or whoever birthed you. Thats real.
Cass is above average freestyler but Pap would destroy Cass in a battle. But i would really to see Pap battle Wayne. What two rappers would guys like see go at each other?
I'ma reiterate the statement I made the other day regarding 50 "sales technique":
Y'all mu'hfuckers swear e'ery nigga spitting gotta spit the EXACT same way, i.e. this bullshit about Cass aint nice, he aint saying nothing, blahzay-blah. Cass is very much a talented lyricist, Example:
"Fiends open, they be smoking like a muffler homie..... They hatin cause I'm on the grind like I'm making love/ With cops got the block hot like Jamaican Clubs......"
Niggaz please!!!! Just cuz "I'm A Hustla" and "B-Boy Stance" is over ya head or you cant get with that commercial ass "Hotel" and "Get No Better" dont mean a nigga aint got skills. What is dude s'posed to do, try to sound like Hov???? We all know how far that get you......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKBUjit3Ofs
Please let me know the last time somebody done hopped on TV or video or some shit and freestyled 7+ minutes straight!!! Maybe I'm missing something, but for real, give duke his props.
Yo whoevas postin up gay remarks wit dre name u have no life dawg....and if you dont perform your duty u will recieve a severe punishment!!
I THINK ALOT OF PEOPLE JUST HAPPEN TO FORGET THINGS. WHY IS EVERYONE SAYIN THAT TIP STOLE THE CONCEPT TO SPLIT PERSONALITY, WHEN TRACEY LEE WAS THE FIRST TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT BACK IN LATE 96 EARLY 97 WITH THE MANY MINDZ OF TRACEY LEE. YALL NEED TO RESEARCH BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING YOU'LL END UP PUTTIN YA FOOT IN YA MOUTH OVER
@ Dabz:
Not in any particular order of importance:
1) Serius Jones vs. Murda Mook part II
2) Iron Solomon vs. Murda Mook
3) Cassidy vs. Lil Wayne- been fiending for that ever since "6 Minutes" from "I'm A Hustla"
4) Jay-Z vs. Snoop Dogg- yeah, that's a lil 1 sided, I know.
5) Jay-Z vs. Cam'ron- Cam freestyles is mean, fuck what u heard.
6) Papoose vs. Jae Millz- if you dont remember jae Millz, hit me on my myspace.
7) JR Writer vs. Lloyd Banks- might as well let the 2 camps best stylers get it on.
8) Common vs. Kanye vs. Talib vs. Mos Def- this is fantasy battling, right????
9) Remy Ma vs. Lady Luck part II- only cuz they went grimey on Lady Luck in part I
10) Big Pun vs. Biggie- obvious reasons
Honorable mentioned:
Loon vs. Mase vs. Fabolous vs. 40 Cal- in that order
Ludacris vs. TIP- not T.I., TIP
Game vs. Snoop/Kurupt/Daz- Crip vs. 1 Blood
Nelly vs. Chingy- he got a better chance than he did against KRS
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Dre Guevara says...
Real Talk:
Sorry If I was wrong
xoxo
August 14, 2007 1:07 PM
Faggot, U need 2 be apologizing 2 me 4 using my name 2 shield Ur dirty religion which is homosexuality.
Dabz says...
Cass is above average freestyler but Pap would destroy Cass in a battle. But i would really to see Pap battle Wayne. What two rappers would guys like see go at each other?
August 14, 2007 2:13 PM
Phonte vs. Lil' Wayne
Sean Price vs. Lil' Wayne
Saigon vs. Cassidy
I think Tigga & Saigitty will give Weezy some go line 4 line
Bird says...
I'm looking forward to what Busta will come up with next, but I can't promise to cop his album
Dre Guevara says...
To all the 50 haters, 50 could just retire and only sell his dildos and sex toys.... I know I'ld support him, real talk. Shouts to the Real
Phonte vs. Lil' Wayne
Sean Price vs. Lil' Wayne
Saigon vs. Cassidy
I think Tigga & Saigitty will give Weezy some go line 4 line
August 14, 2007 3:27 PM
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Dont give Wayne all that much credit. He's nice but I see Sean Price tearing him a new asshole. Hell, Saigon aint all that either.....just a lot of hype.
Its Me..... says...
Whoa!!!, is it really... Okay here we go............. i'm 1st u cock sucking disrespectful faggot ass bastards... :)
Busta's big bang is a 4 mic classic. You don't know music if you don't know that. Also the Greatest rap group ever drops an album and this site doesn't even mention it. Do yourselves a favor and get that new Public Enemy (and catalogue) "How Do You Sell Soul To A Souless People Who Have Sold Their Soul". AZ new joint is dope too. Hip-Hop ain't dead but some niggas doing all they can to kill it. Blast