Written By SOHH Reckless
Feeling kind of melancholy right now. And irritated as well.
SOHH has been my home for over two and a half years, so it hurts pretty bad to see things fall into the pit like this. But f*ck it. By both Fe' and Techy's blessing, I'm still here. And I still despise stupid rappers. And I'm still a hater.
Written By SOHH Reckless
FYI: Nobody Cares About the Fake Pistol Pete...
...which is why this dude in the below video is doing all the talking, and Pete isn't. Pete is just a walking shadow of the REAL Pistol Pete, a street legend who's currently serving 200+ years Upstate for numerous reasons.
This BLASTED SONG GETS ON MY NERVES.
I don't know if it's because of the corny ass lyrics, or if it's because of the stupid hook. But everytime I turn on the radio, it's there... as if it's out to get me.
How is it possible for a nightmare to be corny? Beats the hell out of me. But this song most certainly accomplished it.
Wow. It's been years since D-Block's infamous "2 Gunz Up." Was that summer of 2003? Well they haven't had a joint that banged that hard in the streets quite like that one ever since. And in the midst of Jadakiss struggling to get a release from Def Jam, Styles being a bitter indie artist, and Sheek not being able to lift more than 20,000 out of stores despite heavy rotation on Hot 97, these three-- who, without a doubt, carry the backbone of the unit they call D-Block-- are dropping an album... with D-Block, of course.
This is the conclusion to the 3 part series. Attack of the blogs. Collect all 20 freestyles as advertised on the flyer below:
I know Immortal Technique has been out for a while now, but he didn't really catch my radar until I heard his verse on DJ Green Lantern's 2006 mixtape Alive on Arrival (which, to this day, remains one of my favorite tapes). On this tape there was a song called "Impeach the President," where--alongside Dead Prez and Saigon-- Technique killed all 20 bars. I've been loyally following him ever since. Shortly after that song came out he announced the coming of a DJ Green Lantern mixtape-- that never came. Many were anticipating this mixtape, and others, understandably not into the angry black man preaches and rebellions of "revolutionary hip-hop," said that Technique was dope, but they couldn't stand to hear an entire album from this guy.
In Technique's Myspace blog, he hit on this subject. And he also talked about how a certain executive said that we as black and Latino people are looked upon as a bunch pee-brained idiots who can't and never will comprehend political conversation.
I'll let the cover art speak for itself on this one.
The kid that brought you "Rae Told Me," "Trapped on the Island," and a bunch of other joints is back on the map with:
Looks like LL's been turned out. And by some new school cat at that.
I heard G-Unit's earlier version of "Straight Outta Southside," but didn't pay it any mind. Then it resurfaced. Since they thought it was such a great body of work, they threw LL Cool J on it and re-released it. This is the second joint he's done with G-Unit that I've noticed he's being extra with the "I'm hard core" swagger. Despite LL's for-the-ladies image he's had a history of cursing and saying n*gga here and there, so I'm not saying this is something new. But I'm now sensing a different aura. Rolling with Fif he suddenly thinks he's a dirty mouth gangster. I suppose Curtis is to blame for that. I guess.
Wheeewww! Puppet is making it real hot in this interview! Better shield your monitors.
In an interview with Riotsound, Yayo had a few things to address. Including bloggers.
Laugh #1.
The infamous pro b-ball player from Queensbridge known to many as Ron Artest is still hitting the booth. I tried to be fair and listen to the lyrics, but the thought of that silly ass SMACK DVD appearance he made a few years ago and the way it put a mocking smirk on my face won't allow me to take him seriously.
This is "Lift the Hood Up" {listen} where he talks about trading in his whip to give some cash to a broke homey. Sure. He also tries to get political. And says "DAMN" in the addlibs after every line he thinks is hard core. And he even tries to take a shot at Bill O'Reilly.
Damn. Looking kinda skinny in this video. Looks like homey aint been eatin.' And he's either pissy or high off something. Take a look. It's very apparent that something isn't quite right.
Peedi Crack (Hilarious) Interview
Lil Wayne didn't fall for it. So Curtis went for the next available victim, who, according to various reports, appears to be T.I. Of course, Fif has an album coming out.
As previously reported, T.I was trying to buy a machine gun and a couple of other things from his bodyguard-- and got caught. Following that ordeal, a bunch of other ammunition was discovered at Tip's residence. After accepting a plea deal, he got off easy. That was just last year. He is now a free man after having dodged a good amount of years behind bars.
This is an important point that was brought up.
Rik Cordero, the director of the video "Be a N*gger Too," filled in a few of the unanswered questions I had about the video, which I posted on Tuesday. While speaking exclusively with SOHH, Rik said:
So Jermaine Dupri--who, according to Slay, failed Arista Records, failed Virgin Records (and will probably flop face-first at Island Def Jam as well)-- says that DJs are dead. Yet JD has a new artist in the works that will, as noted by Slay, most definitely need the support of as many DJs as possible.
"...for [J.D] to say the DJ is dead, guess what I'ma say? ... Mothaf*ckin executives is dead. Now. How 'bout that? Now I can put more on the table to that... Why? Because executives is the sole reason why all these f*ckin artists is floppin right now, and the game is f*cked up. Now. The time y'all come out that f*ckin underground railroad, y'all f*ckin hiding at, and stick your head up for air and look around to see what the f*ck is going on, maybe some artists can sell some records. Stop taking that one record that an artist got and throwing f*ckin 13 other f*cked up records together, and then throwin the album out, and f*ckin the artist up, just to sell some f*ckin ringtones and get some iTunes. ... Executive not the DJs. Look at Janet Jackson.
Shout out to my boy Mikey Fresh, who sent over the footage.
I don't really care about Byrdgang, but one thing I noticed was how stupid Jim Jones looked rolling up his blunt in front of all the cameras.
This is one of those videos where you have to watch it at least three times to understand everything.
Nas- "Be a N*gger Too"
... I can't answer that.
"Sean Carter, Sean Bell, what's the difference do tell/ Fifty shots or fifty mill, aint no difference go to hell"-- Hov, "A Billie" {listen}
Nah. The real question is: Why does it take for a song called "A Millie"-- that the featured rapper Cory Gunz was removed from because he outshined Lil Whoopi-- to get rappers to randomly come from out of hiding?
The cover art speaks for itself...
... But DJ Green Lantern sampled 2Pac's line in the song below: "And though it seems heaven sent/ We aint ready to have a black president."
It's unbelievable how Lil Whoopi is telling these young, brainwashed people-- particularly teenagers-- to keep him in the same boat as Hov, Biggie, and Pac. Sickening. But then again, I can't really blame these kids for running with it; none of these three other rappers are in the height of their prominence any longer. Two of them are no longer alive. All three of them have lived out their heydays, and the teens of today were young children when these three were on top of their game. So why wouldn't they look at Weezer as one of the best?
If older people endorse Weezer's bullsh*t claim of top-dog status, then they're from the South. The remainder of us, however, take it with a grain of salt and keep it moving. So his little declaration means nothing. However, spitting on the very same DJs who embraced and helped him catapult the positioning in his career... eh, uhhh... that hurts. In response to this, one DJ purposely, maliciously, and vindictively leaked Tha Carter III album-- and announced it beforehand. And issued a pre-leak apology-- which actually added insult to injury. Now? DJ Doo Wop has something to say about Lil Whoopi's sky-high rampage:
F*ck The Kush.
Look out, chain snatchers. Try to rob T-Pain's Jesus piece, and he will leave you bodied.
"There's one [song] called "Havoc." It's a true story about when I got my chain snatched in New York the night before my first album dropped," T-Pain recalled. "Somebody snuck a gun in the club and stuck it in my stomach, but I wasn't going to give my chain up - it was my first chain. He pushed me back and as I was fallin' he snatched the chain and ran out the club. It was pretty weird. It's such an in-depth story, it's like a 5 minute song."
Check out this hilarious Smurf interview Via HHNLive, which I have no clue as to why they deemed him relevant enough for an interview:
"We get a little too wrapped up with ring tone rapper. What does that really mean? If somebody was to tell me two years ago I was going to sell 3 million ring tones and pretty much generate $8 million dollars and say "Nah I don't want to sell 3 million ring tones". I don't get it when all these people have negative things to say about ring tones. We do hear a lot of records that come and go we hear artists that come and go. There are artists that might come out one year and stay away for 3, 4 years and come back. I don't think any artist, especially in this game right now is turning away a pay check. I'm happy with the fact I sold a lot of ring tones."
I like this song more and more every time I hear it. And maybe for two reasons: It's a breath of fresh air from the "throw-a-hook-on-it-and-forget-the-verses" kind of songs that's been murdering the radio in the past 5 years. And ... it's a breath of fresh air from the "throw-a-hook-on-it-and-forget-the-verses" kind of songs that's been murdering the radio in the past 5 years. The original of this song began surfacing just a month ago.
The version DJ Premier threw his skills on makes it much better.
