So today Lupe Fiasco comes out and “admits” that Hip Hop Saved My Life was actually based in part of the story of Slim Thug. I didn’t find this surprising but just found that he admitted it interesting. If I was him, I would have just kept it secret, because the song itself has a kind of “diss record” feel to it. And I’m not saying it is a diss record to Slim Thug, because it is not. But in the sense that its narrative which deals with the typical rapper on the come up scenario. It’s like when you say that’s “so typical”, it comes with negative connotation. I still think the song is one of the best songs ever made in hip hop and should have its place in hip hop history. Read more
So I just read that today is Pharrell’s 35th birthday. This dude is 35 years old? Damn. This got me thinking most of these rappers that the kids look up to are old as funk. Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Wu-Tang, are damn near 50 years old. Dip Set, Kanye, 50 Cent, Rick Ross, and Common are all damn near hitting 40. LL Cool J’s got to be 80 years old right now. This is just pretty funny to me considering the average rap album buyer is probably 15. But I know, I know the 20 somethings are probably the ones buying all the Common and Rick Ross albums what with all their Call Center money to blow. Read more
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You know those people that have way too much power for their own good? In fact, they have so much power that they have developed an ego so big it would make Diddy look like an anorexic insecure suicidal teenage girl from the ‘burbs. You know the club bouncer, your boss, your teacher, the police, the parking enforcement dude, the gatekeeper, pretty much anyone that restrains you from doing something. Basically the people Socrates was referring to when he said “absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Well here’s 10 ways to effectively deal with these ego-trippers. Read more
WTF happened today in hip hop. Find out. Read more
**Disclaimer: If your Jamaican and you have a plaque over your bed that reads “batty man fi dead” don’t read this.
Gays are such a conundrum to the modern thinking hip hop heads like me. Even though, artists like Kanye West, Common and the Beastie Boys have denounced the use of “fag” and the anti-gay slang we use, while other artists like Fat Joe are still prone to call their enemies “homo” and put out photoshop’d dvd covers of them doing gay pr0n shots (which was suspect in itself). But even I, when I get into “beef” with someone am liable to call them such names to degrade them. I remember one time I told someone, “you make gay people look straight”. And I only say that to show I have respect for the gheys. Read more
1. I seen a dude rocking a high top fade like he was on some fly shit today. 2. Speaking of hair, doesn’t Flo-Rida’s hairline look like the Wu-Tang symbol? 3. Since when did Lloyd Bank’s dad die of a cocaine overdose? 4. What was Usher thinking? 5. If Krs-One thinks its cool for Fat […]
I hate it so much when rappers brag about taking 5 minutes to write their lyrics, especially when the end result is the worst song ever. Who do they think they are impressing? I don’t want to point anyone out, because a lot of rappers are guilty of writing down the first thing that comes to mind and having the nerve to record it, but Juelz Santana needs to be called out. I heard little Juelz say he took 2 minutes to write his verse for one of these mixtape songs. I almost died. Dude, hi dude, no one would believe you took an hour to write most of the garbage you spit. And you do an incredible diservice to yourself as an artist and to the fans and hip hop as a whole by releasing this sub-par material.
