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The White Rapper Show: "Show and Prove" b/w "The Great Dichotomy"
Posted on February 27, 2007 11:14 AM
Now it’s time… to say goodbye… to all our cracker friends…
At long last we have a winner (not a champion, not a potential rap star, but a winner) of the “'Serchlite for the Soul' Ghetto Scavenger Hunt” AKA “ego trip’s The White Rapper Show.” In a decision that speaks volumes more about the collective hip-hop philosophy of judges MC Serch, Dante Ross, Clinton Sparks and Prince Paul (all white people), Shamrock’s squeaky but excitable sing-along performance edged John Brown’s nerve-wracked lyrical forays to bring the six-figure prize home to Atlanta.
Shamrock is the kid you want to see win the contest. Despite a double-time flow he has not yet mastered, the kid with the hatchet face and oversized grills won the affection of a VH1 nation with his earnestness and a trueness to himself that was unparalleled, especially later in the competition. In case you were wondering, I learned about the slipping grill phenomenon. Much like children's clothes from T.J. Maxxx, he got them one size too big in case his teeth weren’t done growing or the grills shrank in the wash. (i.e. Bow Wow & T.I.)
Gotta love black mothers.
Once again playing on presumed white fear in a predatory urban environment, Shamrock wonders what Serch means when he is told the white rappers “are about to get cut.” Of course, this time it was to freshen up the fades and lineups. Is it me, or did John Brown’s shit look exactly the fucking same as it did before the haircut he so desperately needed?
This one didn’t go down without some nice parting shots. Though they conversed amicably at the table, the Burb King was quick to tell the confessional that Shamrock was a prag well-primed for industry sodomy. He would make a very nice housepet over at Atlantic.
To prepare Shamrock Beecher and King of the Independent Game for their final performances Serch introduces our heroes to Fat Joe, a man who hasn’t been able to properly execute his rhymes live since 1998. In fact, the only glaring memory I have of this man performing involves him wearing nothing but shorts well below the beginning of his buttcheek faultline, flip-flops, a towel and Ashanti on MTV Spring Break. I’ve been trying to erase that image from my memory for years now.
Oh, shit! John Brown had an actual question! Not a shithead remark, but like, a pertinent question. I’d have to say he asked the absolute wrong nigga about call and response though. Joey Croissant is all for that shit like Cochran on reparations. Surprise, surprise. Of course a 400-pound man is gonna tell you to let the crowd give you a breather as often as possible. The truth is, it’s not all that formulaic. Sometimes as audience members we enjoy getting involved, but ultimately no one pays good money to be screamed at and told to finish a nigga’s lines, hooks and bridges all damn night either.
...and I won't even speak about The Rucker. Alright, I will.
As you all can probably tell, this is my favorite episode ideologically as the challenges *GASP* actually pertain to being a fucking rapper! Sending these kids to perform at the Rucker is a pretty big deal. Unfortunately, despite Bobbito running the point for the Puerto Ricans, this was a pretty weak Rucker day. It wasn’t no EBC shit or nothing, hence the scant crowd on hand to see Shamrock survive microphone malfunction and a Poly-Grip moment to get his shit off. On the other hand, John Brown had that unemployment line lunch break in the palm of his hand like he had a bonus check. That fuckin “Hallelujah, Holler Back!” However, he inexplicably folds on verse 2.
That’s not the heart of a king on display there. Getting the shits when the beef is on is how he would say “not a good look.”
I loved their post-performance familiarities. Serch was kind enough to bring in each rapper's best friend. I can’t say I was surprised that Shamrock’s best bud was large Negro by the name of “Black Josh...”
*sigh* I’m leaving that one alone.
I was surprised that John Brown’s best friend was a fiery homosexual. I ain’t getting all Tim Hardaway. There is nothing wrong with having a gay best friend. They could even spend a weekend or two on Throwback Mountain if they so desire. It’s just that John Brown himself didn’t look so cool with it. Dude had a look on his face the whole time that read: “Fuck… This is not a good look! I just got done telling them about how I run with these ‘experienced people from the street’… Hallelujah, Hollerback! Hallelujah, Hollerback! Hallelujah, Hollerback!”
Why did Shamrock fart in that phone booth? I’d do that maybe as John Brown was waiting outside… but not while I’m… you know, trying to carry out a conversation with my mama, my girl, my bodyguard Big Black… whatever. (Yes, "Rob & Big" is a terrible, terrible program and if it were on the criteria, I’d be tearing that coon ass shit a new one.)
Wow. Seeing R.A. The Rugged Man in rapping in a devil suit really made my season. I’m not so sure what to make of ego trip’s selection of venue there. I mean… Hell… White devils…
Don’t tell me I’m the only one to immediately make that parallel and feel a bit uncomfortable for those poor kids.
When I heard that they were performing for judges as opposed to crowd reaction I was a little miffed… until I got a better look at the crowd. Who the fuck was in that crowd? I know we shouldn’t judge books by their covers, but damn. That was a strange looking collection of folks. Maybe we shouldn’t put that $100,000 decision in the hands of Grace Jones and Moby.
Alas! It’s in the hands of Serch, he and Everlast’s daddy, Dante Ross, DJ/Versace model Clinton Sparks-Ronson and Prince Paul. John Brown threw us all a welcome curveball by penning a pretty clever and meaningful song in “Car Wars.” Unfortunately, while that’s the kind of song that could get you a few daps at an open mic, it wasn’t what the judges were looking for. Shamrock’s less lyrical, hardly discernible “Fly Away” had the boosters boostin' and computers ‘putin. He also roused the crowd by pointing out “a lame that’s a shame to the game” like a god-damned Tip Drill. I really couldn’t stop laughing.
Ironically enough, Dante Ross summed up this program, the state of our genre and the music of our culture in his analysis of the final performances. “Being a lyricist doesn’t matter anymore.” I wanted to reach through the television and dummy smack him, but I was overcome with shame when I counted to ten, took a deep breath and realized that he’s right. There's a reason why his words stung like a megaton dickslap. What John Brown did on last nights finale is not valued in rap anymore. It took a lot of balls for that shithead to step up the way he did.
With that said, Shamrock’s performance was more enjoyable. The only real battle left in rap is the battle between the MC and the instrumental to come up with a good ass song. While I’m not all that confident Shamrock will be able to win this battle on a basis consistent enough to have a successful rap career, I am glad to watch him walk away from this with his head as high as it possibly could be.
Much like “Radio,” this feel-good story warmed my heart enough to take it easy on the kid. My homie George wasn’t nearly as kind. Upon seeing Shamrock hoist his prize high over his fade, dude told me “You know he won’t be making it back to that morning shift at Chili’s.”
Congrats and good luck, Shamrock.
John Brown, I heard your “Ghetto Revival” mixtape (mixed by a popular DJ who will remain unnamed). It’s fucking horrible. Not a good look, bro. The game will need better from… you know who.
Hallelujah, Hollerback!
Dasit, Persia, Sullee… y’all know you done fucked up, right? That was some easy money.
Comments
Shamrock will never sell one record, unless he uses that 100 stacks to fix his fuckin face. i get the feeling this isnt the only series of "the white rapper". Be ready for a new batch of wack ass whiteboyz!!!
Damn, John Brown gets more love at the rucker than Dipset.
show was alot better than i thought. shout to mc search.he respects and understands the culture
hell yeah tht nu season comin but its gon be nothun but baby paul "hold up" walls and marshall "i love thm ni99as dre and 50" mathers and couple of persias even though she would have won against both of thm how much more we gotta take 2 stop this exploitation
I called Shamrock from the gate. 1st episode, real talk.
He stayed true, did him, and didnt stray from his content. He had to change the style up a bit from the south beats he's used to, but he did him and that I think is what won him the show.
Not tryin to bang some skank that looks like someones mom with nicer tits that cant rap, not waving big fat dildos in people's faces and having a fatass attack, not being a fake ass weirdo who wants to "hug as many black people as often as possible", not being a redneck who thinks he's already a star, signin autographs n shit, ect. ect. ect.
The rest of the feild were either clowns, or chokers, or just didnt step up when it counts. I guess Eminem didnt tech them white cats shit, huh?
lol.
1 hunned.
can't market shamrock he look 2much like the knock off version of paul wall......if john brown woulda had a better chorus...he coulda pulled it off tho...no disrespect to lyricist but in this day in time u gotta be able 2 wrap ya message up fast..because..hiphop songs are like commercials these days.....short 2 the point...and catchy....
um prince paul isnt white
ALL OF THOSE RAPPERS SUCKED! ITS NOT ABOUT BLACK OR WHITE, ITS ABOUT THEM SUCKING. THEY ARE SOOOO MANY BETTER EMCEE'S OUT THERE BUT NO ONE IN THAT HOUSE SOUNDED GOOD. THE ALL GET A BIG POO-POO FACE FROM ME. AND IF YOU DISAGREE W/ ME THEN DIRECT YOUR VIEW STATING MY NAME 1ST SHIT HEAD!
Haha, John Brown's best friend was a FLAMING HOMO, i think that's what lost it for him. This dude is a fraud, how's he goin to revive the ghetto with homo niggas like that walkin around. Crack and suckin dick is the only thing that will be revived. Sham's song was shitty but he was more real than King of the Blurbs, so he deserved it. The Rucker....matter fact, i Don't wanna speak about the rucker. Haha. Good post Ron, i'll be waiting for that MANBEARPIG post tomorrow. 1.
-JMIZZLE
That blog was fuckin hilarious and true its a shame u dont have to be creative or lyrical anymore the game is disgustin and paul wall jr should never win any kind of rap contest ever
WHATEVER.
White nigga movement? LOL.. u kids crack me up
i gotta see this clownfest in the flesh b4 i trully shit on the purpose of my mid-evening piffertainment.
cause honestly i wasnt feelin none of da show beyond comedy factor and probably comming back here for the re-cap of it all.
callin other blacks coons good job homie
That was a funny ass show that was as funny as Jim Jones antics for the camera when he be stuntin mega hard like he do fa T.V. that wack ass little engine that couldn't and never will from Cali AR 15 was the worst. Persia would have ate them up but she has a problem with her short term memory. That shit was funny as fuck when they was in Hot 97 and they was gettin called out by that fat bitch and John Brown shot the subliminal to her about Clear Channel she got real heated. Shamrock needs to work on that flow and he might just could make not far though maybe Bubba Sparks level. But you can't deny my dude John Brown could come out wit some shit and surprise you he is the King of the burbs and moving the ghetto revival movement what ever that is. His song was better than Shamrocks to me Hallelujah Holla Back was the fuckin line of that show he kept the ratings hot wit dat one line that was the most entertaining shit I seen in a minute he was comical you can't deny. King of the Burbs thanks for the good ass blog best blog all week. Peace and Love to the humble catz and them internet thugs 1.
Earrrrrrrrrrrly
BROWN should of 1!
POINT BLANK
YOU ACTUALLY SAID:
"I ain’t getting all Tim Hardaway. There is nothing wrong with having a gay best friend."
FAGGOT COSIGNAGE!
NOW I GET WHY YOU DID A BLOG ON THIS WHITE COON SHIT. YOUR LIFE IS SHIT, DIE SOON.
SO YOU SLAVES KNOW, GAY IS: DOING, WATCHING, THINKING, OR CONDONING ANY HOMO SHIT.
MAN THE FUCK UP!!!
I'm white and I watched the show... Really now? Tell me there isn't better talent out there...
Anyhow once Sullee was gone, John Brown had it... but as the shows been treating us, Shamrock had to win. We watch these show, give them ratings and if there is a 2nd season, I'll watch, I'm addicted to reality tv. But that doesn't change the facts...
Fact A)Wheres the talent? B) John Brown should have won. C)MCSearch is was and always will be the fat lard you see before your eyes... and the one hit wonder... I petition to replace Search with Rude Jude... whats do you say?
Please tell me you've seen the entire Ghetto Revival collective. The whole Manning family hasn't racked up that many touchdowns...
"In fact, the only glaring memory I have of this man performing involves him wearing nothing but shorts well below the beginning of his buttcheek faultline, flip-flops, a towel and Ashanti on MTV Spring Break. I’ve been trying to erase that image from my memory for years now."
Why oh why did you bring this up, I managed to completly forget this...
I think that was was mad corny, because Shamrock was str8 up wack, this dude was tryin to sing yo, he had corny lyrix, and he is trying to do what everybody in Atlanta is saying. If anything Persia or Jon Brown should have won, they were the most lyrical of them all. I guess if Jon Brown would have said he was from Atlanta he probably would have won. LOL
Shamrock? He sounded like me up there spittin. For real, no breath control, didn't make sense, just said words that rhymed in order, even copied Lil' Scrappy "F.I.L.A." shit to use as his main line! I know when the beat dropped and this dude crouched down, smiling with his cleft lip and said "AYYYYYYYY" I wanted to change the channel. John Brown is a fuckin idiot, but he is wayyyyy better than Shamrock. I honestly cringe when I have to listen to Shamrock, he sounds like William Hung rapping, fuckin HORRIBLE. But it's good way to cap off the show-the show is a joke, so the winner is a joke. He's a good dude, but Shamrock, PLEASE stop rapping!
Guaranteed there's a Season 2....
The last episode is a microcosm of what's happening/destroying hip hop now. John Brown has a nice lyrical flow w/an advanced vocabulary, adds a little message/social content, and he loses to a clown rappin that was out of breath, wack hook, and non-understandable (pardon me if that's not a real word) lyrics. In a comparison to today's artists, JB would represent NAS, Common, MosDef, Talib, etc. and Shamrock would represent Jibbs, many of the Southern artists, etc. I lost a lot of respect for serch and Prince Paul if they didn't vote for JB over Shamrock; GAS FACE, Serch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HEY ASS HOLE WRITER WHEN DID PRINCE PAUL TURN WHITE???
Dasit, Persia, Sullee… y’all know you done fucked up, right? That was some easy money.
Posted by Ron Mexico at February 27, 2007 11:14 AM
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Co-Sign!! I know they feel like asses right about now.
Lol!!! Brown defitnelly can rap better but he stupid and fake ass hell!!!! He just want 2 b down!!! U can tell he wasnt bn himself and tryin 2 b sumthin he not!!! Shamrock was a regular cool white dude who had alil A-town Southern swag 2 him!!! But it really didnt seem fake as per say tha "Ghetto Revival?" ..... What tha fuck u no about tha ghetto and what tha fuck u talkin about? Car Warz was corny but it was hott tho!! Lol!!! Shamrock sold a good show but JB flow was better!!!...... But tha thing tha ultimatley lost Brown tha show was him bringin his Gay Ass Friend 2 tha show!!!! (OUCH!!).....lol!!!.... John, John, John!!! Perfect example of dude bn fake!!! (I think Search set duke up tho!!! I dont think he wanted Brown 2 represent tha white rapper bc dude aint real!!! So i think he set him up!!) ... But if he didnt!! Perfect example of dude bn fake!!! ... I thought u hung around experience Rappers n shit!!! Not that guy!!! LOL! LOL!!! LOL!!!..... But Dasit & Persia should kill they self!! Tha show was a joke wit out them n tha final!! (They and tha exception o tha dude wit tha hawk seem like they was real!!) They lost there shot!!! especially Dasit!! (Persia 2)....... Chokin n shit!! Somebody give me a chance 2 win a 100 G's!!!!
And when was search ever a fuckin legend? Dude was corny!!!.... He was a pop artist/lnock who was mad at Vinallia Ice 4 gettin that gwap but happy he not him now!!! But dude is wack and was never a legend or an icon 4 that matter!!! Ur face will b remember wit pop goes tha wesel!!!....... FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!!..... he should of had more respect 4 tha culture and his people 2 not put those shit bags on tha show!!! They could of got real rappers so tha show would b real!! But it was real funny tho!!! Those rappers where gettin played but tha shit was funny alil tho!! lol!!!!....... What other shit did he Search come out wit as a rapper!! But i did hear he produce Illmatic!!! ( I give u props there tho!!!) .... And i saw his wife a while back and she jive ight 4 a white dude!!! Im not hatin on dude but his swag on tha show was 2 much 2 b who he really is!!!...... But thats just my opionin who am i!!!!!............. (THE FUCKIN MAN!!!!
Lyrically, John Brown should have won. He's the reason I watched the show. I'm not too sure about he Ghetto Revival thing but hands down he was the best.
FELDZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MC serch is not a legendary rapper. Hes an old school rapper, who ended up with a reaaaalllly important publishing company. REMEMBER HOV IN "TAKEOVER"--"I KNOW WHO I PAID GOD-SERCHLIGHT PUBLISHING!!!" YEAH. THATS SERCH. BUT HE WAS A CLOWN ASS RAPPER THAT HAD LIKE 2 HITS...
john brown said in an interview the gay guy was a designer. he probally was helping john do shit with the ghetto revival clothing line so shut up u freakin haterz!!! but ya i think serch set john up cause he looked uncomfortable when dude showed up. i thought that was fucked up and stupid of the show to do that 2 him itz like fuck bring another ghetto revival member out!!!! but ya john should of won. he is a good writer and lyricist. shamrock is a poor mans paul wall, and i couldn't understand a word he was saying , and yes terrible breath control on the mike. the judges didn't know a damn thing about talent shamrock seemed like he coo but come on john brown was the star of the show!!!!!!! serch probally don't want anyone 2 b a bigger hip hop star than he thinks he is so he picked shamrock. we all know john brown made that show!!!!!!! he will hold it down and keep representing believe that!!!!!!
Hey my due glad you counted to 10...yeah it does suck but it's the truth lyrics really don't matter these days and yes John Brown when I watched the finale on TV was the better rapper but he just didnt project that evening and it cost him 100k. His bad but honestly this is as good as it will get for these kids aint none of em ever gonna sell a million records trust me Em aint nervous one but!
Oh yeah Prince Paul aint white trust me!
can anyone clarify why and when lyrics stopped being imortant???when the dirty south blew up i think that helped lyrics taking a backseat...c'mon man you got real cats with lyrical flows unlike anyone else take my man Aesop Rock and it's like no on cares El-P has been doing some original beats and wordplay for a minute...Necro has been killing it for too long, these dudes bring originality to their shit...they don't mimic what they see and hear to fit in...John B or any of them brought nothing original to the table they were all clones...i dont deny their love or passion for hip hop but i think the show could of picked a better bunch i'm sure some people with real skills auditioned...man next time they need to get the amatuer Yaks and Cages word up
can anyone clarify why and when lyrics stopped being imortant???when the dirty south blew up i think that helped lyrics taking a backseat...c'mon man you got real cats with lyrical flows unlike anyone else take my man Aesop Rock and it's like no on cares El-P has been doing some original beats and wordplay for a minute...Necro has been killing it for too long, these dudes bring originality to their shit...they don't mimic what they see and hear to fit in...John B or any of them brought nothing original to the table they were all clones...i dont deny their love or passion for hip hop but i think the show could of picked a better bunch i'm sure some people with real skills auditioned...man next time they need to get the amatuer Yaks and Cages word up
dam yall crakers stupid my little cusin can rap better then yall and he is only 12 yall are so stupid yal can kiss my ass and suck on my ball and lick my but hole
IM NOT RACIST CUZ I GOT BLACK, WHITE, HISPANIC ,ASIAN FRIENDS AND IM PART WHITE MYSELF, BUT THEM BYTCHEZ EMBARRASSING US FOR REAL. I GOT NOTHIN MORE TO SAY. THEY NEED TO QUIT THAT SHYT MAN. ITS WRONG. BUT VH1 ALSO RETARDED FOR EVEN PUTTIN IT ON AIR. JUST ANOTHER REASON FOR OTHER RACES TO HATE EM.
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