Here is one of the many "Attack of the Blog" exclusives floating around in the blogosphere. Collect them all.
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In part I, it was all about discovering industry politricks, blackballing, spiraling into the pits of helplessness, and the early stages of losing the rest of their group. Now it's official: Brooklyn's own Pitch Black have faded into the turmoil of the industry war zone, now only two out of the five remain. Even with a brotherly bond that lasted for over a decade, Zakee and Devious say the other three members Fast, D.G, and G.O.D never really told them it was over; they just didn't have the heart to let down their boys face to face.
In part II of II, Zakee and Devious continue the discussion of shady industry politricks, how they really feel about losing Fast, D.G, and G.O.D, how they found out their album was in stores, unsuccessfully condemning industry robberies, and how loyalty to their crew ultimately led to their blackout.
They'd been in unity as a rap group since 1994. Originally consisting of five members-- Zakee, Devious, D.G, Fast, and G.O.D-- the group known to many as Brooklyn's own Pitch Black emerged from out of unknown status and took the streets-- and mainstream-- by storm... without the help of their very own record label. As a group, they'd seen it all--from the successful 2003 Billboard-charting single "It's All Real," produced by the infamous DJ Premier, rocking shows with Jay-Z, and slaying the mixtape scene with DJ Kay Slay, releasing their first-ever LP-- and then helplessly watched it all crumble down.
From the ills of label politricks to industry blackballing, to losing the late Stack Bundles to witnessing the three other beloved members disappear in utter discouragement, Zakee and Devious sat down with SOHH to explain it all, from beginning to present.
No beef involved.
Saigon sat down with SOHH's correspondent, H.D, to politick about a few things, including Saigitty's promise that his debut is going to top Nas' 1994 classic debut, Illmatic.
Don't mind the audio glitches:
"The reason I said Illmatic... out of every great album, that's the only one people really cared about. For that time period, a person will never ever do what Nas did, for that time period. He evolutionized hip-hop. I can listen to Illmatic today and still catch new stuff out of it. But to me, my album is gonna do what his album did at that time period, [right] NOW. It's gonna make people care about the music more so than all the other bullsh*t going around."
Stans, this blog is not for you.
Whoever organized the red carpet for the "VH1 Hip-Hop Honors" needs to be slapped silly. It was chaos, stupid packed, and just ridiculous. Too many friggin publications were in one spot.
The red carpet segment took about three hours alone, and I had to bounce before the actual show. However, I got a priceless quote from the legendary Lovebug Starski, the creator of the word "hip-hop," who put an end to the journalists' speculating that his former sidekick, DJ Hollywood, possibly created the word. He told me:
