Wow. After all that promo, the Swizz promo posters aligning BX's Southern Boulevard, the net circulation of "Top Down," crazy radio play "It's Me B*tches," "Money in the Bank," plus a video, Swizz Beatz only sold 45,000 copies for One Man Band Man. What's even worse is that Talib Kweli, with very little promo and very little airplay-- if any at all-- sold about 60,000 units of Ear Drum. Which proves that it pays to have a loyal fanbase.
Maybe homie should just stick with making beats.
Sometimes I look at these artists and feel bad, because they're not doing the bandwagon rapper routine, but are still barricaded between regional walls. I think that's what happened in Swizz's case. Some folks I know in the Midwest hadn't even heard "Money in the Bank."
It's iight, Swizz. The top may have not held you down, but we'll always remember you for "Down Bottom."
Props to Kweli, though. Manufactured MIMS had the #1 ringtone hit in America and smashed the radio airwaves with payola until the speakers burned out... and only did 77,000 the first week. Clown.
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Caution: USE SKEPTICISM
So the word has been circulating that D-Block's J-Hood has stepped away from Jadakiss and crew. All of a sudden, a "statement from J-Hood" appeared from out of nowhere. I doubt that J-Hood could never write something in such a presentable fashion, and we all know he can't afford a real publicist. But here is the "statement" (via Bronxrap) that some bored kid on a message board probably scribbled up:
"It has come to my attention that multiple rumors are emerging and circulating around the internet and the streets. So I will use this announcement to clarify these statements.""Around 3 ½ weeks ago I asked to be released from the label I've been signed to. After that occurrence all legal procedures have been properly handled in accordance. Basically there's an instance in which we all run out of patience and take upon action to better our situation. I think I've been loyal since the beginning to the label and the individuals that run it. I have devoted six years of my life to making our movement prosper with no realistic reward or success, knowing my worth and what I'm capable of."
"...I'd rather have no type of affiliation with D-Block at all. I'm past that point in my life I have a whole new focus, which is concentrating on making my new movement as strong and successful as possible."
"I will be signed to my own label O.D.G Ent. (On Da Grind) as of next week. Last but not least you can log on to YouTube.com to see the five-minute video interview of me showing the chain and actual release form. Say goodbye to D-Block and say hello to ODG!"
"Fans, be on the lookout who knows who will be next to pull another publicity stunt!"
Quite believable, BUT! I've Googled this, and came up with nothing. >>>> SUSPECT.
If it's true, you'll be finding out in a few hours or so.
It would be a sad thing if Jae Hood leaves D-Block, but at the same time very understandable.. they ain't doin much for him, and that lil motherfucker can rap... Kiss should have put him on most of those sh*t songs they ask him to be in.. like that Ay Bay Bay sh*t and that other Chris Brown joint... but thats just my 2 cents
^^^^^Basically, where Jadakiss and Sheek was taking lil guest spots just so they can eat (Ja's "New York", Ghostface's "Blue Armor", that Paris Hilton shit, the Chris Brown joint, Ay Bay Bay remix, 1 Blood remix, "It's Me Bitches" remix, etc.), those is the spots that shoulda been passed to J Hood to beef up his mainstream exposure. Unfortunately, we all down niggaz like 50 Cent (yeah, I'm sayin it.....), but these niggaz that clearly can out rap the hell outta 50 and smash the shit outta him in beefs can't run a fuckin record label to save they life. So who really wins in a battle between 50 and Fat Joe/Ja/D-Block???? Well, Remy left TS and apparently J Hood is doing the same with his ex-crew.
*****MORAL OF THE STORY*******
If you aint a businessman, don't play 1 in the media.
Now, on to better things...... Swizzy aint really flopping. If you really sit down and analyze it, he just got paid from B-Day, Eve, Kelly Rowland, and such so is he really suffering???? He owns the damn label!!!!! He makes beats for half the damn artist in the industry!!!!! If I was him, I would be bored as shit by now and would have released 10 albums by now. Swizz only suffering comes from biting the Cash Money formula that worked in like '98-'99 but won't work in todays slumping album sales...... You know, that shit where the owner(s) put(s) out an album just so the main artist(s) on the label aint the ONLY artist on the label. He just dont want Cass to have the whole shit on his back, so he hop in there and do his P.Diddy thing (to a much better degree), but seriously, would you REALLY expect Swizz sales to be like Nas first week sales???? Talib is a much different case, but at the same time, he aint in Common's position. The best producer in the game produced 90% of Common's last 2 albums, Talib is still not trying to get up with Hi-Tek and keep trying to chase a commercial look/sound. Plus, Talib is on Warner Bros., which is basically like being on Koch (ask Cam'ron, he was signed to both) and Com got a much better deal at Geffen with Kanye doing his beats. Not to mention Kweli album was pushed back like 4 or 5 times...... he lucky 60,000 people bought that just off the strength of his name, but I know it's folks out there that still don't know it finally came out.
It's no surprise that Swizz flopped hard. But what is questionable is Plies selling 96,000 first week. I've heard of Swizz since he was killing it with Ruff Riders in the mid-late 90s, and i never heard of Plies till earlier this year. Even Talib sold less with 60,000 and he has a solid fanbase. This says a couple of things:
1. regional hits hardly impact sales.
2. a loyal fanbase will get u far, but a crossover single will get u farther.
AL U INDUSTRY DICK RIDERS NEED TO SIT THE FUCK DOWN AND SHUT DA FUCK UP! LOOK SWIZZY DIDN'T FLOP STUPID! AKON DID LESS THAN THIS HIS FIRST WEEK OF THE TROUBLE ALBUM AND THAT SHIT WENT TRIPLE PLATINUM. JUST FOCUS ON THE MUSIC AND STOP SPOTLIGHTING HOW MANY UNITS A NIGGA DOES HIS FIRST WEEK. THAT'S SOMETHING THEM 70 YR OLD OFFICE MUHFUCKAS AT INTERSCOPE NEED TO THINK ABOUT. SHIT! IF THE MUSIC IS GOOD THEN JUST SAY THE MUSIC IS GOOD FUCK THE NUMBERS UNLESS YOU STAND TO BENIFIT FROM THE NUMBERS ....
Jaysiatic
Now, on to better things...... Swizzy aint really flopping. If you really sit down and analyze it, he just got paid from B-Day, Eve, Kelly Rowland, and such so is he really suffering???? He owns the damn label!!!!! He makes beats for half the damn artist in the industry!!!!! If I was him, I would be bored as shit by now and would have released 10 albums by now. Swizz only suffering comes from biting the Cash Money formula that worked in like '98-'99 but won't work in todays slumping album sales......
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sup bruh, i have to disagree with some of that. Swizz isn't flopping because of money; the other beats he produced didn't have anything to do with this album, maybe promotion a little. Swizz flopped in the sense of 45k on a major with 2 1/2 videos is garbage. But when u look at it, his singles didnt climb the charts, and they got play up hear in NE (i'm in DC and he got love here too), but what about the other regions? Reckless said people in the midwest never heard "money in the bank", but i hear it all the time here. I'll say Swizz aint broke because of all the beats he does, but the nigga still flopped.
Swizz is just like alot of other producer/song writers that want express their music more than by just making beats. with the exception of Kanye and Dre, most of them flop. Timbaland got a top 10 song (the way i are) and is barely over gold after 3 or 4 months. Pharrel flopped hard. maybe producers don't know how to make songs or something.
What needs to happen is these lame rappers and wannabe rappers ie Swizz need to subcontract writers. It is obvious that quality lyrics and content is what's affecting modern music. They do in the R&B, Pop, country and rock worlds, why not rap. And it is another way for starving artist(s) to eat.
@ Bobby Drake:
So you consider Swizz Beats a hip-hop artist????? Swizz won't even call Swizz a hip-hop artist. He aint gotta ever record a record again as long as he live, duke. I spit, produce, manage, all that shit..... Take it from me, these niggaz aint saying, "Damn I wanna express myself over my records like the rest of these niggaz." In Swizz case, if he wasn't an artist, the only person on Full Surface would be Cassidy (unless you count Swizz wife, Mashonda), so that is deepening his roster, AND putting out a record that will sell over 200,000 copies (thats my prediction for "One Man Band Man" after like 40 weeks) with no outside production is straight overhead. For those who are unaware, overhead is money that you pocket AKA profit from not having to spend it elsewhere for your album. Come on homie, I'm in them neck of da woods too (DMV all day). DC play Swizz cuz he makes club bangers, but when the last time a album full of nothing but club bangers went Gold or Plat??? You sound surprised. And Pharrell and Timbo dont gotta be artist either...... if you was getting 500,000 a beat and was sitting on a few milles, just making a beat would be like eating breakfast in the morning and you would get bored too. And what do you do when you bored..... try some new shit. None of these producer-artists is concerned nothing at all about sales or going down in Guiness, Soundscan, RIAA history for the records they sold cuz they just trying to have fun and experiment with they shit and make some music that is out of body to them. Dont lose ya head over these numbers.....Plies may not been buzzing like that, but he been getting good looks on the mixtape scene and he comes outta Slip-N-Slide so he got good representation. Can't really say the same for Talib, and Swizzy gotta rep himself cuz he's the owner. It's all in the behind the scenes moves you make as a businessman in that shit.
Fat shouts to Talib and swizz for checkin in on the top 10, there albums are crazy yo, AAAGGHHHH! North Carolina stand up kid!
i aggree with drake
bobby drak
What part of D.C you staying at?
Jaysiatic says...
^^^^^^
You heard that song on the radio all the time, (Money in bank). But you really mainly heard it in clubs, or at night on the radio station (like on ya way to the club)
I'm from Columbus, Ohio. I have never heard money in the bank
beats for cheap, hit me up 215-520-1494.
"I got 3 for 50"...as he rocks the Jesus piece. Jesus is shakin his head at that dude for that. I ain't preachin on it, but dang man...
Here is one email I got that was deep. Ya'll don't hate, you know what I'm known for...so either choose to read it or skip past it. Ya'll be blessed! Bobby...good look on that message bro, real talk.
The Sustainer of All Things
[Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all
things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or rulers or authorities-all things were created through him and for him. And
he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:15-17
Did you know that there are forces in nature that science can’t explain? Forces such as
gravity, centrifugal force, and others. Scientists can study them; they can analyze them;
they can even measure them, but they don’t know why they are there.
One of the physicists who developed the Big Bang Theory puzzled over how we could live
in a world in which practically every object was a potential nuclear explosion, and yet
not be blown to bits. Carl Darrow, a physicist at Bell Laboratories, wrote that these
particles have no right to be alive at all-they never should have been created and, if
created, they should have blown up instantly. Yet there is something that relentlessly
holds them together.
What is this force that keeps the universe intact? Where does the power come from to
keep us from instantly dissolving into one massive nuclear explosion? The answer is
found in Colossians 1:17, “[Jesus] is before all things, and in him all things hold
together.†Not only did He create all things (v. 16), but by His hand, we are held
together. Jesus Christ is the power behind every mysterious force in the universe.
Someday at the time of His Father’s choosing and as 2 Peter 3:10-12 teaches, Jesus
will withdraw His sustaining influence and there will be a blowout such as none of
us has ever imagined.
Then, after our old universe has passed away, He will create a new heaven and a new
earth, where we will live with Him forever (v. 13).
By just a word of His power (Hebrews 1:3), Jesus holds all things together. He is the
relentless force in the universe, and although unbelieving men and women turn away
from Him, we worship Him as the central figure in all time and space. He is supreme;
He is eternal; He is the Sustainer of all things.
What burden can He not carry for you?
WOW ANOTHER EAST COAST ARTIST FLOPPED!!!
I GUESS THE SOUTH ISNT THE ONLY WACK REGION IN HIP-HOP HUH?
Yo what's good ya? So what Swizz beats is having a bad day, he has more $$ than you!
Scream at your boy!
http://therapgame.wordpress.com
@PZ
I see you in here early.
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"I got 3 for 50"...as he rocks the Jesus piece. Jesus is shakin his head at that dude for that. I ain't preachin on it, but dang man...
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im sure juanita's husband had waaaaaay more then just a jesus piece on when he donkey kong that broad.
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and the email brung up some very good points but i dont understand if there was a point you was trying to make.
are you saying that scientific facts is not as important as religious blind faith?
This may be off topic, but why is that homo chuppy mexico dressed in purple and pink advertised all over this site?......IS HE APART OF THE HIP HOP CULTURE?...IF SO....WHO LET THIS MUTAFCUCA IN?
@Brooklyn
Naw..you probably right. He was probably rockin a cross lapel with a bible in the backpack.
Regarding the message...it was an illustration of faith used by scientists, even when they will argue with you until they are blue in the face that they do not have faith. I wanted to show that because I personally have never really looked at the "gravity and cetrifical force" aspect of the "blind faith" that scientists have. So maybe this might get a nonbeliever who discounts faith to realize that they really do have a measure of faith.
I've always used the analogy that if noone can tell us the beginning, then they have "blind faith" based on asssumptions and guesses. I didn't realize that the simplicity of gravity and the centifical force was an even clearer example.
Scientists use their faith to believe that gravity is real based on the fact that they know it exists because they experience it.
Christians and believers use their faith to believe that God is real based on the fact that they know HE exists because they experience Him.
So in fact, they are very similar in the fact.
Hebrews 11:1Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2This is what the ancients were commended for. 3By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
Scientists have faith that gravity works and that centrifical force works...and that faith is evidenced by them being sure of what they hope for based on things that they have not seen (or can explain).
And...here is one more, the existence of an atheist proves God exists.
Damn Swizz, i thought the nigga would do at least 70. The beats on the album is tight nevertheless. I dont blame that dude for leavin D block though, he wasnt gettin no money. Nigga still lived in the projects.
@PZ
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i personally believe that EVERYTHING religion included have truth and lies, but if you merge these ideas cause that basically what it is together then you will get the truth or whatever.
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like for example: i dont believe in GOD i believe in the big bang theory and about molecule and all that stuff, is that person wrong? is waters make up not 2 part hydrogen and 1 part oxygen?
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then you got for example: i believe in GOD and what i cant explain "just" happen and its not for me to question, then its like is this person wrong for not wanting to explore OTHER possiblities.
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in my opinon both are right to a certain degree but if they strip there titles away from scientist and religous whatever and just have a colective discussion there would be better ways to figure out a common answer.
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but something that i'ver been hearing a lot latley is amerikkka need to go back to its "christian" values like in the past, i know im young but when was this time?
DNUCKS,
Perez is on that new show where rap vets will be teaching celebs how to rap. It's all over the site becuase they paid for advertising on the site.
Jaysiatic,
You my peoples for sure, but I just have to clear something up. I hate for people to be misinformed.
You said,
Jaysiatic says...
@ Bobby Drake:
.... putting out a record that will sell over 200,000 copies with no outside production is straight overhead. For those who are unaware, overhead is money that you pocket AKA profit from not having to spend it elsewhere for your album.
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Overhead is actually those unavoidable costs of doing business such as, the light bill, office supplies like paper, toner, pens, paperclips, etc, building lease cost. Overhead takes away from profit and often business try to minimize overhead to increase profit.
DAMN THAT J-HOOD SHIT BETTER NOT BE TRUE! I KNOW HE BEEN SITTING ON THE SIDE LINES FOR A WHILE, BUT I THINK WHEN THE LOX DROP THAT DEF JAM ALBUM AND KISS DROPS AGAIN THEIR FORTUNE IS GONNA CHANGE. BUILD SOME MOMENTUM THEN COME WITH HOOD. I KNEW SWIZZY WOULDNT SELL ALOT, BUT WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID...GRADUATION 9/11
What did people expect from Swizz to go platinum out he gate, we all should be proud he slod that much, we all know he's not really an M.C., but he tries dayum hard and he gets the party poppin with his joints. So congrats Swizz, cause "She don't have no money in the bank".
Good Luck to you J-Hood, I cna understand the mans frustrations if this whole thing is real. He was stuck in a dead end job, and he did something about it. So I wish you luck with you label and new beginnings.
nigga got out maussenite jewels and frontin...when i say d-block is broke, bitch niggaz be hatin...not only are they broke they aint got no clout in the industry. cant even put they manz j-hood boogar album out...i saw sheek on fight club like 3 years ago sayin hood comin soon..ahahaha
jada is jumpin on a bay bay remix, so u know they broke...plus his verse was trash....they still waiting on jay-z to give them a helping hand...nigga jay aint the boss of all bosses...he cant just sign u...and if a deal dont benefit def jam (ie them raping u) then you aint gettin no deal...d-block is not gettin no joint venture deal with def jam...aint happenin...look jada its a rap and u aint top five...maybe top 25 in the underground thats bout it...
niggaz aint gettin no million dollar deal...lox = chumps
and yo Jeff akins, ur album aint comin out in november watch sonny,, u gettin pushed off the map...maybe next year not this one... u thougt that uh oh joint was poppin but shit was annoying...get ghost ja, ur done...stop thinkin its a come back...and we didnt like u well before 50 came out...50 just rode the wave of us not likin u already
fake thug, no love ja = pussy hairs
I agree with ATOWN! Swiss just came out I think his album will be a slow burn album- It will probably take time for the word to get out! I think they just sat on the album too long that Sht should have come out around the same time of summer jam.
Can't blame J-hood. D-bloc can't help themselves- J-Hood has been a good soldier- He need to get his General on! Hell he probably reach back and help D-block! Who Knows!
J-hood looks just like the Bad boy logo! LOL! Good luck J-Hood! D-Block Lost the Gastation on Nepperhan ave too! What the hell is going on @ D-block! Mount V, YO stand UP!
It's no surprise that Swizz flopped hard. But what is questionable is Plies selling 96,000 first week. I've heard of Swizz since he was killing it with Ruff Riders in the mid-late 90s, and i never heard of Plies till earlier this year. Even Talib sold less with 60,000 and he has a solid fanbase. This says a couple of things:
1. regional hits hardly impact sales.
2. a loyal fanbase will get u far, but a crossover single will get u farther.
August 30, 2007 7:07 AM
^^^^^^^^^
once again Plies is not a ringtone rapper nor is he as whack as a rapper as Swizz...
the nigga got a good album with two bitch songs and the rest is goon music....
dont let that first single fool ya.
Hiphop is way too over-saturated with hundreds of no-frills artist with the same story and marketing, that its caused the entire artistry to loose its value. Hiphop has lost its exclusivity and its appeal cause almost anyone can just jump in the game. Ever hear the saying "Too many chefs in the kitchen ruins the soup"......well that's totally applicable in rap 2007. I'm not even expecting super big numbers from 50 and Kanye.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWIZZ HOMIE
FUCK THEM HATAZ GET MONEY
And will tell you this 50 took a couple losses (battle) but in the end he won the battle...
D-block.. exposed they broke ass ( i never knew them niggas was short) now they got artist leaving...
TS i mean it wasnt really nothin to crush fat joe is just beyond weak to me he makes niggas like yayo and jim jones sound like nas and jigga...
(but remy left and tried to sign with the unit)
Game might be the biggest battle he ever lost right i mean 300 bars was good and comical ( but lies if you know a nigga snitch or got his chain rob are is gay why do you do songs with the nigga and then give them props in interviews)
he took the alot of the younger fan base with that 18-under.
but 50 still in his pockets/the nigga was dissin dance songs now he rappin on them (and losing to hurracaine chris on the same track and everybody else but baby)
Nigga was dissin Jarule really jay but his bitch ass tried to lie and say Ja rule and now he's doing songs with him.
and where is Black wall street and there 50 million distrubution at .
Swizz bury that bull shit beef he had and hopefully he can give banks a banger or two...
J- Hood should have left D-Block like 3 or 4 years ago. He better be "on the grind", cause from strickly an industry perspective, he brings nothing to a label. A couple hot verses on a few mixtapes wont get you a deal anymore. Some artists dont take control of their own careers,and NOBODY ELSE IS GONNA TAKE YOUR CAREER AS SERIOUSLY AS YOU DO. So they end up in fucked up scenarios.......
And as far as Swiss, he didnt really flop. Im sure he didnt expect to have a #1 album and shit or alot of sales. He is a producer, and his record is called "slow burn". People are going to hear his record dropped later on, and his sales should remain steady. You get gassed by first week sales, when aside from huge names, first week isnt that important. Some of these ringtone rappers came out and sold a hundred something the first week, second week around forty something, and by the third they scraping the bottom of the charts. Others just sell a few thou a week on a steady pace. WHICH IS BETTER?
A 31% drop in sales plummets Florida rapper Plies twelve spots to No. 21. His debut, Real Testament, only moves 26,600 copies this week, pushing the album's tally to 161,900.
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Prime example of what i was talking about.
Swizz wasnt smart his ablum was released after his singles died down. Didnt Its me Bitches come out in Feburary. I feel like a ablum should get released while your first single is still poppin and your second single is coming along
@Brooklyn
I think what they are saying about the "Christian values" is the time when families would sit and have dinner together, would not have the TV and video games babysitting they kids. Back when teaching of God was in school (they could at least bring it back as an elective). The time when passivity and acceptance did not come before what is right and wrong.
If it were to get to that way now, ESPECIALLY now that civil rights has greatly increased (although not NEAR where they need to be)...we would get further as a people. If we all loved each other as individuals, took care of our poor, fed our hungry, looked after our widows and our sick and showed the love of Christ to ALL people...then it would be a great world.
I hear what you are sayin about "when was that" and I honestly can't argue with it. What I can do though is continue to speak about how it SHOULD be, and never make excuses as to how it was or what they did under Jesus's name.
And alot of them fall into this verse here:
Matthew 7:21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
i got this from a thread off off allhiphop:
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Say a hurricane is about to destroy the city you live in. Two questions:
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What would you do?
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What would you do if you were black?
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Sadly, the two questions don't have the same answer.
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To the first: Most of us would take our families out of that city quickly to protect them from danger. Then, able-bodied men would return to help others in need, as wives and others cared for children, elderly, infirm and the like.
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For better or worse, Hurricane Katrina has told us the answer to the second question. If you're black and a hurricane is about to destroy your city, you'll probably wait for the government to save you.
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This was not always the case. Prior to 40 years ago, such a pathetic performance by the black community in a time of crisis would have been inconceivable. The first response would have come from black men. They would take care of their families, bring them to safety, and then help the rest of the community. Then local government would come in.
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No longer. When 75 percent of New Orleans residents had left the city, it was primarily immoral, welfare-pampered blacks that stayed behind and waited for the government to bail them out. This, as we know, did not turn out good results.
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Enter Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. Jackson and Farrakhan laid blame on 'racist' President Bush. Farrakhan actually proposed the idea that the government blew up a levee so as to kill blacks and save whites. The two demanded massive governmental spending to rebuild New Orleans, above and beyond the federal government's proposed $60 billion. Not only that, these two were positioning themselves as the gatekeepers to supervise the dispersion of funds. Perfect: Two of the most dishonest elite blacks in America , 'overseeing' billions of dollars. I wonder where that money will end up.
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Of course, if these two were really serious about laying blame on government, they should blame the local one. Responsibility to perform legally and practically fell first on the mayor of New Orleans. We are now all familiar with Mayor Ray Nagin the black Democrat who likes to yell at President Bush for failing to do Nagin's job. The facts, unfortunately, do not support Nagin's wailing. As the Washington Times puts it, 'recent reports show [Nagin] failed to follow through on his own city's emergency-response plan, which ackno wledged that thousands of the city's poorest residents would have no way to evacuate the city.'
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One wonders how there was 'no way' for these people to evacuate the city. We have photographic evidence telling us otherwise. You've probably seen it by now the photo showing 2,000 parked school buses, unused and underwater. How much planning does it require to put people on a bus and leave town, Mayor Nagin?
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Instead of doing the obvious, Mayor Nagin (with no positive contribution from Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the other major leader vested with responsibility to address the hurricane disaster) loaded remaining New Orleans residents into the Superdome and the city's convention center. We know how that plan turned out.
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About five years ago, in a debate before the National Association of Black Journalists, I stated that if whites were to just leave the United States and let blacks run the country, they would turn America into a ghetto within 10 years. The audience, shall we say, disagreed with me strongly. Now I have to disagree with me. I gave blacks too much credit. It took a mere three days for blacks to turn the Superdome and the convention center into ghettos, rampant with theft, rape and murder.
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President Bush is not to blame for the rampant immorality of blacks. Had New Orleans' black community taken action, most would have been out of harm's way. But most were too lazy, immoral and trifling to do anything productive for themselves.
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All Americans must tell blacks this truth. It was blacks' moral poverty not their material poverty that cost them dearly in New Orleans. Farrakhan, Jackson, and other race hustlers are to be repudiated for they will only perpetuate this problem by stirring up hatred and applauding moral corruption. New Orleans, to the extent it is to be rebuilt, should be remade into a dependency-free, morally strong city where corruption is opposed and success is applauded. Blacks are obligated to help themselves and not depend on the government to care for them. We are all obligated to tell them so.
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The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is founder and president of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, and author of 'Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America.' Go to the web site Snopes and pull up his name and read about this strong courageous black man who speaks the truth. Please keep this going
1thug says...
nigga got out maussenite jewels and frontin...when i say d-block is broke, bitch niggaz be hatin...not only are they broke they aint got no clout in the industry. cant even put they manz j-hood boogar album out...i saw sheek on fight club like 3 years ago sayin hood comin soon..ahahaha
jada is jumpin on a bay bay remix, so u know they broke...plus his verse was trash....they still waiting on jay-z to give them a helping hand...nigga jay aint the boss of all bosses...he cant just sign u...and if a deal dont benefit def jam (ie them raping u) then you aint gettin no deal...d-block is not gettin no joint venture deal with def jam...aint happenin...look jada its a rap and u aint top five...maybe top 25 in the underground thats bout it...
niggaz aint gettin no million dollar deal...lox = chumps
and yo Jeff akins, ur album aint comin out in november watch sonny,, u gettin pushed off the map...maybe next year not this one... u thougt that uh oh joint was poppin but shit was annoying...get ghost ja, ur done...stop thinkin its a come back...and we didnt like u well before 50 came out...50 just rode the wave of us not likin u already
fake thug, no love ja = pussy hairs
August 30, 2007 11:16 AM
@ 1 Thug,
1 question, do U know them cats personally 2 say whether or not they're broke? I get so sick of people speaking on which rappers R broke & which rappers got money, BIG FUCKIN' DEAL!!! U ain't gettin' no brownie points 4 that dumb shit, okay, so & so got loot, meanwhile the hood ain't got a pot 2 piss in or a window 2 throw it out of. The only way U benefit from a rapper being rich is if U're working security, or taking out garbage 4 the nigga.
"I met him fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding of even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six year old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes, the Devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil."
Let Swizzy Burn up the club scene. He's whack and expendable.
Kweli lyrically... 2nd to none.
PZ says...
@Brooklyn
I think what they are saying about the "Christian values" is the time when families would sit and have dinner together, would not have the TV and video games babysitting they kids. Back when teaching of God was in school (they could at least bring it back as an elective). The time when passivity and acceptance did not come before what is right and wrong.
If it were to get to that way now, ESPECIALLY now that civil rights has greatly increased (although not NEAR where they need to be)...we would get further as a people. If we all loved each other as individuals, took care of our poor, fed our hungry, looked after our widows and our sick and showed the love of Christ to ALL people...then it would be a great world.
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i hear alot of them repubs talking that on CNN and im like when? the reason i say when is beacause if someone say i want it back when, we have to assume that IT HAPPEN, but if it never happen then not only why say it but........nah, thats it, why say that? MR 908 made that same statement a couple of blogs ago. thats like saying i wished i lived during the time when christ was on earth cause it was soooooo peaceful, its like WHEN so that have to be the dumbest statement to me especially as a blackman.
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and lets say it "was" to get there what would that solve? Before "that" can happen wouldnt there have to be some REAL research on the son od god? i mean historians have proof that 12/25 isnt the son of gods born day. the image thats been pushed on christians and non-christians alike is family memebers of Michelangelo, and NOT just the image of jesus, mary too.
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and since you know them Bible verses what chap or verse or whatever even states that jesus is 1)god and 2) despute that we are gods? cause i rememeber reading in john i wanna say where the son of god asked the preachers that same question
First of all, fuck whoever wrote that article.
Im from New Orleans, and unless you are from there, you could never understand the dynamic of an event of a hurricane coming. First, most that stayed were poor and had either no transportation, or if they did, they had no where to go. The closest open hotel rooms were in Texas 4 hours away, or Arkansas 5 hours away. And if you been thru as many false alarm as most of the people in the city....you wouldnt be goin no where either. Second, all the deaths and damage did not suffer from the storm. They suffered from the levees breaking. If those levees were built to the standard they were supposed to, non of this shit wouldve happened. But, the fact is when they built those levees, they knew these levees were built to protect poor or working class blacks, they did a shitty job and thats what happened. No body expect the gov. to come and save them. But damn, is wrong to think that if your house is 10 ft. under water that somebody is gonna come lookin? We get to people stranded in the ocean faster than we did for Kartina.
Like someone said. ....this shit was about classism and racism and politics. Bush isnt the only one to blame, but blame does fall on his shoulders. He couldve easily shook that situation and had it runnin. He couldve easily told everybody to shut the fuck up and here is what we are gonna do. Instead, we get him doing a fly over, then a week latter a photo op shaking hands. The Governor and the Mayor are full of shit too. They didnt take care of their citizens, the ones that couldnt take care of their selves. Im sorry man, 1500 people died in Katrina, thats just ridiculous to me. Thats worst that the great Missippi Flood in 1927.
It's easy to say "Any normal person would pack their family and belongings and evacuate. But when you makin 9 bucks an hour, and all you got is 60 bucks in the bank, u dont have internet to do searches to find open hotels and shit, WTF are you supposed to do. Luckily I was living in Baton Rouge at the time so most of my fam came out by me. The hotels were booked, they couldnt even get in one. And gas station were running out of gas. People act like its so damn easy I tell u .........but it aint. The people that stayed had faith that they would be able to pull through, and the levees would hold up. They were wrong, now we know..........u cant trust U.S. Army Corp engineering.
The image thats been pushed on christians and non-christians alike is family memebers of Michelangelo, and NOT just the image of jesus, mary too.
Alot of shit in Christianity was used for POWER. You gotta remember religion controls populations and usually stops people from overthrowing the gov., cause they hope for something better in the afterlife. You gotta see through the crackers' bullshit, the "politically correct" statements, the low key racism that is the norm in upper middle class white america. They want it to return to the days when blacks knew their place. Before Civil Rights, blacks were out of sight out of mind. Now we everywhere, in THEIR neighborhoods, and THEIR kids love our music and everything else.
@Brooklyn B
John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
John 1:14 "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
Colossians 2:9: "For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form"
Philippians 2:5–8: "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross!"
Isaiah 43:11: "'I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior.'"
John 10:30: "I and the Father are one."
John 8:23–24: "But he continued,'You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am [the one I claim to be], you will indeed die in your sins.'"
John 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Mark 14:60 Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?" 61But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.
Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ,[f] the Son of the Blessed One?"
62"I am," said Jesus. "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
63The high priest tore his clothes. "Why do we need any more witnesses?" he asked. 64"You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?"
They all condemned him as worthy of death. 65Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!" And the guards took him and beat him.
All three parts of the trinity are referred to as "Lord" all throughout. They are one in the same, one God.
When 75 percent of New Orleans residents had left the city, it was primarily immoral, welfare-pampered blacks that stayed behind and waited for the government to bail them out.
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Whoever wrote that article is an Uncle Tom,upper middle class, bougie, piece of shit!!! How can you generalize everyone who was left behind?? So, all the old people, kids, and people who couldnt afford to leave are "welfare pampered blacks"??? That sounds very Reaganish, even I know that, and I was born in '86. Not everyone from the ghetto is welfare pampered blacks. Some people work hard, and just dont make enuf. People who stayed assumed that SINCE THEY LIVE IN AMERICA, the levees should hold, or at the very least someone should be urgently on their way.
But the fact is, the government did NOTHING to help lower class blacks. They hoped the hurricane would wash them away, like crackers have wished ever since Emancipation. Its a classic example of classism and racism, both at the same time. Blacks across the country, poor, rich, and in between better take note: THE SAME EXACT THING COULD HAPPEN ANY PLACE WITH ALOT OF BLACK PEOPLE. It could be YOUR black people sitting in from of Staples Center, Madison Square Garden, or wherever you live. It could be YOUR grandma dying alone, your uncles looking for dry clothes and food, your kids dying of hunger. Middle class blacks find comfort in their "money" and being "bougie", but when it all boils down, what do you think it comes down to?? If you dont have the "Complexion for Protection" dont expect anything in America or from America. The country wasnt meant for us. And you bougie niggas better hope your white friends are real, because I wouldnt doubt they'd have your black ass standing outside with the rest of the "pampered welfare recipients".
When 75 percent of New Orleans residents had left the city, it was primarily immoral, welfare-pampered blacks that stayed behind and waited for the government to bail them out.
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Whoever wrote that article is an Uncle Tom,upper middle class, bougie, piece of shit!!! How can you generalize everyone who was left behind?? So, all the old people, kids, and people who couldnt afford to leave are "welfare pampered blacks"??? That sounds very Reaganish, even I know that, and I was born in '86. Not everyone from the ghetto is welfare pampered blacks. Some people work hard, and just dont make enuf. People who stayed assumed that SINCE THEY LIVE IN AMERICA, the levees should hold, or at the very least someone should be urgently on their way.
But the fact is, the government did NOTHING to help lower class blacks. They hoped the hurricane would wash them away, like crackers have wished ever since Emancipation. Its a classic example of classism and racism, both at the same time. Blacks across the country, poor, rich, and in between better take note: THE SAME EXACT THING COULD HAPPEN ANY PLACE WITH ALOT OF BLACK PEOPLE. It could be YOUR black people sitting in from of Staples Center, Madison Square Garden, or wherever you live. It could be YOUR grandma dying alone, your uncles looking for dry clothes and food, your kids dying of hunger. Middle class blacks find comfort in their "money" and being "bougie", but when it all boils down, what do you think it comes down to?? If you dont have the "Complexion for Protection" dont expect anything in America or from America. The country wasnt meant for us. And you bougie niggas better hope your white friends are real, because I wouldnt doubt they'd have your black ass standing outside with the rest of the "pampered welfare recipients".
So what Swizzy did 45,000! He made the Forbes Hip Hop 20 list so he damn sure ain't hurting for money this album was just for fun! He probably can make half a mil producing like 3 tracks!!
JAE HOOD IS NO LONGER WITH D-BLOCK. Damn this site is always late and never has the info. He was beefing with Sheek for a miute and finally they got rid of him. They told him when he was in the studio. He's been seen at G-Unit offices about a day or 2 ago, right after he was kicked out. He was trying to get a deal.
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This blog is ass acting like it's a fraud. His own friend came forward with a statement saying that he still lives with his mother in her 2 bedroom apt (the new one since the last one burned down and they had to live in a shelter) and he felt shitted on. D-block NEVER released him, kept telling him they would, and in the meantime he's broke as fuck. By now he could've been signed to someone else but his prime is gone.
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This is why I have no pity for d-block. They claim Diddy shitted on them but they've been doing that to Hood for YEARS. At least Diddy made them famous and gave them the opportunity to make money.
By the way somebody tell Hood that On Da Grind ent. is already taken by a Philly label. If he plans to sell outside of NY, they've probably already copyrighted it.
@kush city
yeah when i read that i was like GTFOH and the cr8zy part is the storm didnt do it, THEY SURVIVED THE STORM, it was the leeves breaking. so was the "pampered" welfare blacks supposed to fix that or something, the whole article was so stupid and it shows the internal hate that some blacks have for there own kind.
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@PZ
so what about the verse where jesus ask are we gods or are we not gods. thats in john maybe 12 i dont remember.
and if man was created from god why wouldnt this apply to us:
John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
John 1:14 "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
Welfare pampered blacks!?!?!? That's an oxymoron.
Do you people know how much welfare pays? You could make more in a week working 40 hours at McDonalds than you could get in a month on welfare. No one on welfare is pampered. Complacent maybe, but definately not pampered.
Who Knows!
J-hood looks just like the Bad boy logo!-
SUPER LOL!! BUT 4 REAL-J-HOOD IS THAT NICCA! FUC THEM D-BLOCK BROKE AS FUC NICCAS! JADA JEALOUS OF U ANYWAY HOMIE-THATS WHY HE SAID ON THAT D-BLOCK DVD THAT U ONLY HAD "POTENTIAL" THAT'S A HATING ASS NICCAS CODE WORD 4 U A THREAT TO MY ENTIRE EXISTENCE.
SWIZZ BEATS STAY ON THE BOARDS PLEASE!!
IT'S TIME 4 SOME NEW NICCAS-ITS TIME 4 SOME ALL NEW CATS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO LINK UP AND TAKE THE INDUSTRY OVER-ANY NICCA IN THE GAME OVER 5 YRS DONT TRUST EM. IT'S LIKE PAC IN THE 90'S IT'S TIME 4 SOME NEW NICCAS!!
@Brooklyn
That John reference I posted is referring to Jesus who has been around since the beginning, and was manifested into flesh to come to earth to conquer death and the grave, and to resurrect so that through His blood we may receive eternal life.
The one you are talking about is in John 10, and it is in reference to Psalm 82.
In John 10, the pharisees are tryin to "judge" him based on His words, for claiming to be God. They are about to stone him. And he is saying "wait if the word tells you that you are "gods" (note...little "g", and the Psalm is calling them "gods" as people who are responsible for judging based on the Law of God..therefore, they are acting on Gods behalf...judging as God would judge. More on that in a second) then how are you gonna accuse me of blasphemy if I am ACTING (performing) as God (by walking out the Law of God and performing miracles.
Now lets get back to Psalm 82. It starts off speaking of the Lord being the highest judge basically chastising the people who are performing their work as "judges" and "magistrates". He calls them "gods" because they are acting as judge (as God does) and they are acting on God's behalf. He is telling them "stop being unjust in benefit of the wicked, take care of the poor".
He's saying that those who should be acting as "god" know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken."
Then closes it out with "you will die like mere men."
Frustration that those sent to judge on God's account, sitting in places of judgement in the courts administering the Laws of God, those people are acting unjust...because they do not realize the power they have within them. And at the end of the day, they will die like mere men.