SOHH LEFT COAST
"When I'm In Ya Neighborhood, Ya Better Dig A Moat..."
Posted on November 2, 2006 1:50 AM
So today, while I was thinking about a blog to write, I started thinking about the fact that other than Lupe Fiasco, it doesn’t seem like there are a lot of emcees that are having fun making hip hop music these days... there are just a ton of pissed off dudes trying really hard to get an image across. And I don’t want to be that nostalgic dude talking about, “Ohhh, I remember backinnaday when De La Soul would talk about rollerskating and biddies and potholes, and we all wore neon colors an’ shit and everything was gravy,” but sometimes I just can’t help it...
For all the talk of “look at how much hip hop has progressed,” it’s actually been kind of stagnant for a while now. Sure, it progressed in the sense that everybody knows about it, and it’s become the most successful form of music in the market, and that clothing lines and retail stores have opened up and flourished through it; but if hip hop is still progressive, how come it hasn’t really changed in the last five to seven years? Hip hop started out as fun, then started to transform into something that was socially conscious, and then into either gritty street reporting or money-obsessed object-hoarding bragadoccio.
Now don’t start picturing a crazy, wide-eyed, overanunciating KRS-One getting all preachy about how modern day artists are ruining hip hop, ‘cause that isn’t how I feel. To clear it up, I love the grimey shit. My beef is with the fact that where there used to be a balance between party shit and street shit, there’s now a monopoly held by artists who take themselves way too seriously; I miss the balance.
When you actually start to think about the state of mainstream hip hop today, things aren’t so bad; there are some lyricists out there, there are some innovative producers and there are some really dope songs that blow up every now and then. But with most of the stuff that gets national airplay these days, there’s so much tough guy posturing and studio gangsta shit going on that no one’s really being themselves. This led me to thinking about “U Mean I’m Not” from Black Sheep’s A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing, which led me to thinking about something else...
And that’s when I went and found this on Weird Warren’s Vi-Vi-Vi-Video Countdown:
I seriously need to go rent that movie again.
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1st bitches
who cares
@ leon
SOn you must really sleep on this site waiting for a new blog just so you can write "1st bitches"
pretty lame my nig
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TOP 5...5th for that matter
Low record sales gonna force a demand for these fools to pay attention to what real fans want, radio play don't mean shit. U can brainwash me with that shoulda lean all u want. it was a hit a good hit song, but I have no idea what he was really saying except "my girl got a girlfriend". When rappers realize the gimmicks don't work we get that real hip hop.
Rappers are not selling anymore. Why????????. P. Diddy only sold 170,900 copies the first week. That is not normal. That is the end of pop rap. When pop rap ain't selling the rest of rap doesn't have a chance
bootlegging is hurting every form of music. Justin Timberlake isn't even selling. He is platinum, but Justin Timberlake is not a platinum artist. He is multiplatinum. He should be atleast sold 3 million by the end of this month.
JAY-Z ARTICLE IN XXL - HE HAD DISS SONG FOR PAC - I hate to change the topic but you all know these bloggers are not creative. Jay-Z finally showed his true disdain for the WESTCOAST - He took a shot a PAC and the WEST to Prop up his out-of retirement album - this fool is weak. WESTSIIDE!!!
To the dickhead above me jay z said nobody ever heard the song except 2000 people at the apollo that nite and nobody taped it and also for his respect for tupac he never put it out the track.... if you ever saw a jay z show you would know he does a tribute to tupac everytime to Hail Mary......and number two u moron he has 2 songs wit TOO SHORT one on volume one and another on hard knock life not to mention he had 4 rick rock beats on the dynasty album....u need to read a book before u speak dick head......
80 another good blog we need that balance in music i was hopin hyphy music brought that balance back but even hyphy is gettin watered down....and you already know how i feel about paper gangsta's
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ohh - chriscash is internet whoriding on me. You sissy.
This led me to thinking about “U Mean I’m Not” from Black Sheep’s A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing, which led me to thinking about something else...
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"A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing" was tha shiznit! So was "Nonfiction". Dres was so underrated! Hey. I've been hearing rumors about a comeback. Keep us posted!
I DONT E BEEF PIMP I JUST KEEP IT GULLY AND GO...IM STATIN THE FACTS U SEEM LIKE U WAS HATIN ON JAY Z LIKE HE DONT LIKE THE WEST...I FIGURED ID SHED LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT....AS FAR AS U THROWIN "SISSY" OUT THERE IMMA LET THAT GO WE EVEN WIT THE INSULTS.... JUST NEXT TIME KNOW WAT U TALKIN ABOUT AND I WONT HAVE NUTHIN TO SAY CUZ IT AINT NUTHIN WORST THAN SEEIN EAST COAST ..WEST COAST.. NORTH.. SOUTH BULLSHIT OR E- BEEF... ITS ABOUT GOOD MUSIC AND PRESERVIN HIPHOP BEFORE THE "MAN" DESTROYS IT LIKE IT DID EVERY OTHER INSTITUTION CREATED FROM OR BY THE STRUGGLE...IT DOESNT HELP WHEN THE WEST GOT THE BIGGEST FRAUD EVER IN THE G.AY A.SS M.AKEBELIEVE E.NTERTAINER AS ITS SO CALLED NEW KING...BUT THATS ANOTHER TOPIC...
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Chris Rock looks funny as hell in da pic.
GOLD GOLD GOLD ANOTHER ONE GOES GOLD!!!!!-TRUSTUS JONES(R.I.P)
THAT NIGGA GAY-Z IS A BITCH HE KNEW BETTER NOT TO DISS PAC OR THE WEST CAUSE HE AINT GONNA SELL ALBUMS OUT HERE WILL CHECK HIS ASS PRONTOOOOOOOO
MTV:The Game came through our office and played a bunch of tracks from his upcoming LP, The Doctor's Advocate. Believe everything your man is boasting about the LP: It's just that sick. One of our favorite songs is definitely "Hate the Game," which features Nas. God's Son said his West Coast homie is the truth. "Man, I met Game through my boy LES before Game's [first] album came out," Nas said. "I met him in L.A., and we kicked it right there. Since then, he kept it straight G with me. Dude always kept it straight G, and I think he's one of the tightest dudes out there. He wants it, he's going for it, he's a warrior. I can appreciate that a whole lot."
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Artist need to be themselves and stop creating an image. Just speak from the heart.
Albums 2 cop:
Hi-Technology2
Hip Hop is Dead
Doctor's Advocate
Kingdom Come
Buck the World
Release Theraphy
Pac's Life
Full Circle
Thug Motivation 2
Artist to check for:
Crooked I (Most Slept On)
Saigon
Naledge
Ya Boy
Wiz Khalifa
Mullyman
Jody Breeze
Cory Gunz
Jon Hope
Quan
Barnes
Jae Millz
Gemini
SunN.Y.
Yung Huslas
Artist that need the right promotion:
Joe Budden
Beanie Siegal
Kurupt
Juvenile
Lupe Fiasco
Raekwon (All of Wu-Tang)
Obie Trice
Clispe
Self Scientific
Little Brother
Killer Mike
Juelz Santana
Talib Kweli
Jin
Veterans still killin it:
Snoop
Nas
Wu-Tang
Jay-Z
Trick Daddy
Common
DMX
Bun-B
Outkast
Bone Thugs
Redman
Kool G. Rap
Ice Cube
LL Cool J
Slick Rick
Rakim
Top Artist Holding It Down:
Young Buck
The Game
Chamillionare
T.I.
Kanye West
Lil Wayne
Ludacris
Jay-Z
Clispe
Fabolous
Nas
DOCTORS ADVOCATE IS THE MOST ADVANCED RAPS IVE HEARD,MORE THAN THE DOCUMENTARY,ITS PHENOMINAL FROM TOP TO END PURE RAW HIP HOP AT ITS BEST ITS A MUST HAVE!!!!!!JUST ALONE HATE THE GAME IS ON SOME GRAMMY TYPE OF SHIT I WISH THEY WOULD PERFORME THAT, IT WILL KILL SHIT U CANT HATE ON THAT SUCKASSSSS
I think that was a dumb post just because I thought that people were mad that it wasnt enough serious good music out there and snap music was wack. Now that I think about it, over there on the west yall talkin bout vans and goin dumb, aint shit gangsta about that, I think SOHH left coast is mad cuzz aint nobody listenin to shit from that side otha than game(who raps gangsta)
Artist need to be themselves and stop creating an image. Just speak from the heart.
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HOW CAN U PUT THE GAME GAY ASS MAKEBELIEVE ENTERTAINER IN THAT CLASS U MUST NOT UNDERSTAND THE EFFECT THAT HAS ON THE HOOD AND CHILDREN NOT TOO MENTION THE OTHER FAKE ASS THUG YA BOY...U FANS OF HIPHOP NEED TO GET YA MIND RIGHT....YOUR MUSIC IS YOUR TESTIMONY ITS NOT ACTING!!!!!!!IF U DONT PEN YOUR OWN SPITS LIKE DR DRE THEN U ARE ACTING THIS IS NOT THE WWF THIS IS HIP-HOP....SAVE THAT SHIT FOR R&B U ASSHOLES.....
New Artist Jibbs' Single "Chain Hang Low". A History behind the nursery rhyme that the song is biting off of .
Recently there is a new artist out of Saint Louis that goes by the name JIBBS. Jibbs debut single "Chain hang low" has a history that most people are not aware of. The particular nursery rhyme that the song mimics is "Ears Hang Low" The history behind this song is that during the civil war Confederate soldiers would remove certain body parts (primarily ears and testicles) from the deceased corpses of freed slaves who were fighting as Northern (Yankee) soldiers after their battles. These "trinkets" were then placed on a rope necklace and worn as a trophy piece. As the lyrics to the nursery rhyme state "do your ears hang low, do they wobble to and fro... etc" "Can you throw them over your shoulder like a (Continental) soldier". This word (Continental) took this nursery rhyme from racist jargon to playful melody. The word that filled this space was (Confederate) as in Confederate soldier. Other nursery rhymes have done the same i.e. Eenie, Meenie, Minee, Moe catch a Ni**er by his toe. Not Tiger. My question to young people black and white is that "Does knowing the history of the nursery rhyme change your opinion of the New single by Jibbs. " Personally knowing this myself I can't stand to hear the song. It seems to advertise our ignorance as a people. I wrote this note to inform people of this. Knowledge is power and Ignorance IS NOT BLISS; its SUICIDE. If you don't know, you can't change. So black, white, indifferent tell me how you feel about this now that you've attained knowledge
ChrisCash -
Good looking out. I know its not about East vs West or South vs East - TUPAC WAS NEVER ANTI-NEW YORK - HE WAS ACTUALLY PRO-NEW YORK IF ANYTHING - but for Jay to continue too talk greasy about the West - Something has to be said - I know in ATL, HTown - Reasonable Doubt - Remember - "Too much Westcoast ass lickin'" - "Every since Snoop crashed the buildings" - I could go on. He has been taking shots at us for awhile now despite his many WS collabs - remember - "I give Dre credit but that's were it stops" - We have been listening to Dude!!!
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New Artist Jibbs' Single "Chain Hang Low". A History behind the nursery rhyme that the song is biting off of .
Recently there is a new artist out of Saint Louis that goes by the name JIBBS. Jibbs debut single "Chain hang low" has a history that most people are not aware of. The particular nursery rhyme that the song mimics is "Ears Hang Low" The history behind this song is that during the civil war Confederate soldiers would remove certain body parts (primarily ears and testicles) from the deceased corpses of freed slaves who were fighting as Northern (Yankee) soldiers after their battles. These "trinkets" were then placed on a rope necklace and worn as a trophy piece. As the lyrics to the nursery rhyme state "do your ears hang low, do they wobble to and fro... etc" "Can you throw them over your shoulder like a (Continental) soldier". This word (Continental) took this nursery rhyme from racist jargon to playful melody. The word that filled this space was (Confederate) as in Confederate soldier. Other nursery rhymes have done the same i.e. Eenie, Meenie, Minee, Moe catch a Ni**er by his toe. Not Tiger. My question to young people black and white is that "Does knowing the history of the nursery rhyme change your opinion of the New single by Jibbs. " Personally knowing this myself I can't stand to hear the song. It seems to advertise our ignorance as a people. I wrote this note to inform people of this. Knowledge is power and Ignorance IS NOT BLISS; its SUICIDE. If you don't know, you can't change. So black, white, indifferent tell me how you feel about this now that you've attained knowledge
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I BEEN TOLD CATS THIS NOT ONLY DOES THIS GO FOR NURSREY RHYMES BUT FOR SOME OF AMERICAS FAVORITE CULT CLASSIC CARTUNES AS IN LONEY TUNES
Westside....
You make an excellent point he does jab at the west coast alot but all those comments except for the one about DRE were at a time we were runnin shit, so I think he does it in a way to keep his region relevent..someone might have to check him like they did when he put out me and my girlfriend.. plus bein from the WEST, WE both know everyone bites our swagger and slang and loves our women weather and weed!!
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE TO ALL YOUNGSTER HOW TO EDUCATE EACHOTHER INSTEAD OF E-BEEFIN WITH EACH OTHER EACH ONE TEACH ONE...
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fassho eighty.. I truly agree.. we need more balance in the game.. I LOVE MY WESTCOAST SHIT.. MESSY, YUK, BO, MOBFIGAZ.. ALLA THAT.. but sumtimes i wanna hear MURS.. I MISS THE PHARCYDE.. im not big on DIALATED PEEPS BUT THEY HAVE SUM CUTS.. SO TO GET MY BALANCE- I GO HARD ON MY SLUM VILLAGE ALBUMS AND FUC WITH LITTLE BROTHER REAL HEAVY. QUESTION IS WHY IZ ALL THEEZ NIGGAZ CLAIMIN TO BE SO HARD- WHEN THEY AINT?? IS IT NOT COOL TO BE A REGULAR NIGGA NO MORE?? U CAN BE REGULAR AND WHOOP A NIGGA ASS STILL??? OR IS IT THE MUSIC LABELS THAT FORCING THESE IMAGES- CUZ IT SELLS?
Good blog, we do need more balance in our music and in our lives. Alot of young cats think being gully is all it's about. I'm a 70's baby, so I remember when music was just music, and it wasn't nothing to jam out to Genesis, Kool Mo Dee, or Duran Duran. Shit, back then we even jammed off Culture Club. Everything wasn't always serious, and thats what hip hop miss. I think E-40 does a good job of balance in his music, as well as DeLa Soul.
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