July 31, 2007 | Tags: none

I’m big chilling. By the end of the week, I’ll have my Rock the Bells money, my hotel money for that day, and my alcohol money also. I go back to the regular working world at the end of the week, and I have next weekend already taken off. I spent last night and this morning listening to music. See, I can’t argue too much with MTV’s list of “The 10 hottest emcees” list, it was about being “hot” (while I don’t really think Game has a lot of Buzz going on right now…but whatever). I decided since I’m feeling so good, to make a list us real hip hop heads can debate. I wanted to do the “10 dopest emcees” but that was gonna be a little too hard to do that quick. So I went the easy route and decided to do the “10 dopest albums of the last year”. Now, since I started this yesterday, I decided to leave “Finding Forever” out of the mix, since it wasn’t released yet. This has nothing to do with "swag", or "buzz".

"Dope beats, Dope Rhymes, this hop hop shit ain't really that hard"
-Phonte

First I’m gonna go over some albums that barely missed the list:

a. “Kingdom Come” Jay Z-No matter what people try and say, we all know this was a dope album. Not up to the “Jay-Z standard” but it was definitely dope

b. “Second Rounds on Me” Obie Trice-I really expected a lot from Obie when he first came out, but I wasn’t big on “Cheers”. He definitely brought it second time around. With standout songs like “Cry Now” and “Wanna Know” if it wasn’t for the abundance of throwaway tracks it would’ve made the top 10.

c. “Hi-Teknology vol. 2, the Chip” Hi-Tek- when you have a compilation with some of the best rappers in the game with all the beats done by one of the best producers in the game, you know it’s gonna be dope. The fact of the matter is though, this compilation lacks the cohesiveness (come on, it’s a compilation) to make the top 10 dopest list.

d. “Full Circle” Xzibit- I’m pretty sure most people didn’t even hear this album. It was executive produced by Keith Shocklee of the Bomb Squad (of Public Enemy Fame) and with tracks like “Rampart District” you can feel his influence. Xzibit has been consistently dropping overlooked dope albums since he signed up for Pimp my Ride. (except Man Vs Machine)

e. “Liberation” Talib Kweli and Madlib- A Talib Kweli Madlib album is dopeness just off the people working on it. However this 10 track album was probably the farthest from the top 10 dopest list, but it was still a good CD. (especially for the price of Free.99)

f. “Hip Hop is Dead” Nas- Two legends didn’t make the top 10, one did. This album was dope, it had it’s good songs, but like “Black Republican” it just didn’t live up to the hype. If this was the dopest album of the year like most said it was, hip hop would have truly been dead.

g. “The Medicine” Planet Asia-Another underrated cat from out west. Planet Asia brought the lyrics, Evidence brought the beats. The album had a lot of dope tracks, but the filler joints kept this off the top 10 lists.

So those were the cat’s that almost made the list. If Nas and Jay didn’t make the list, who was the legend that did? Who’s number 1? Let’s get into it

10. “4:21, the Day After” Method Man- Wu Tang is for the children! It feels good to have someone drop an album from Wu that’s dope besides Ghostface. Method Man brought the real back to Def Jam, dope beats, dope lyrics, no hype, just realness. If you were afraid of picking this one up, and didn’t hear the rave reviews, check it out.

9. “Jesus Price Supastar” Sean Price-I’ll admit I didn’t hear “Monkey Bars”, but after “Jesus Price…” I have to go back and check that out. I was never a big BCC fan, but Sean brings it on this album. It gives that old early 90’s grimy NY feel, even though a lot of the production was done by NC based Justus League. The BCC/Justus League collabo tracks are dope, but when Sean goes at it on his own he holds it down.

8. ”Hip Hop Lives” KRS-One and Marley Marl- Get this album. I’m not huge on Kris’ rants all the time about what hip hop is and what it isn’t, I wasn’t cool with him dissing Nelly (come on, that’s a bully move), but this album is great. I know your probably tired of KRS saying he IS hip hop, but this album IS hip hop. Dope rhymes, coupled with flash backs to times I wasn’t there for but now wish I was, this album is amazing.

7. “School Was My Hustle” Kidz in the Hall-When I realized Rawkus was back, I had to see what they were bringing. The first act to drop since the return of Rawkus, they represented the label well. Screw the gimmick, yea these dudes are Ivy League graduates, that doesn’t matter, what matters is this is a good album. Double O handles all the production and Knowledge handles all the lyrics, with no features, it’s apparent that features aren’t really needed. Subtract some of the weaker punchlines and the album would have found itself higher on this list.

6.”The Weatherman LP” Evidence- I wasn’t too excited when I heard Evidence of Dilated Peoples was doing a solo album. I didn’t know what to expect. I do know what I got. This is definitely a great “debut” (it’s really not, he’s done several Dilated albums) album. While Evidence handled the majority of the production on two albums this year (Planet Asia’s “The Medicine” and Defari’s “Street Music) he got some assistance on his own album from Alchemist, Dj Khalil, Babu and others. Evidence brings the lyrics as usual, but with his solo album he’s able to get more personal. The only real surprise on the features is Slug of Atmosphere on “Line of Scrimmage” but it definitely turned out right.

5. “I’ll Sleep When Your Dead” El-P

A breath of fresh air. That’s the only way I could begin speaking on this album. I never heard “Fantastic Damage”, the only way I heard El-P was on a Murs feature, but this album was definitely worth trying out. El-P raps in an abstract manner, but the sly/cynical/arrogant/sarcastic gems hidden in his lyrics are definitely worth listening to. The production….it’s either absolutely love it, or can’t stand it. If you like me, you love it. This is definitely one of the best albums of the past year, and one of the best albums in the awhile period.

4.”Food and Liquor” Lupe Fiasco

Declared by many as one of the best debut albums ever, a classic, and the best album of last year, Lupe definitely set the bar high for himself with “Food and Liquor. While most would agree that the leaked copy of the album was better, no one can say that the retail copy wasn’t good. It’s too bad he didn’t realease the leaked copy, cuz I believe without “He say, She Say” and with “Hustlaz Song” and “Real Recognize Real” it might have been able to compete with my #3

3.”Desire” Pharoahe Monch

Perfect timing. While everyone was listening to the bootleg copy of Talib Kweli’s “Ear Drum” Pharoahe dropped greatness. This album alone was the reason I had to listen to music overnight to decide where it belonged. Originally I had Food and Liquor above “Desire”, but after listening to the albums over and over, Pharoahe wins it out. After the sample issues from “Internal Affairs”, ghost writing for Puffy, I really didn’t know what to expect from Pharoahe. I ignored his mixtape, and figured I’ll just wait till the album drops. WOW. With enough social commentary, enough sick puchlines, enough dope metaphors, this album is definitely ill. In fact, if it wasn’t for “Body Baby” I might have had to put it above my #2.

2. “Game Theory” The Roots

The Roots have become synonymous with good music. Black Thought is one of the best lyricist in the history of the rap game (yea, I said it, one of the best ever. Best name ever too), and the whole “hip hop band” thing keeps them from sounding too much like anyone else in the game. When I got these album, I couldn’t stay away. It had tracks to fit all my moods, to go along with my whole day, it inspired me, it kept me up to speed during my workouts, it helped me to reflect on shit I’ve been through, it did everything you could expect from a hip hop album and more. While this site has another Roots album ranked above it, to me, this is the best Roots albums ever, and one of the best albums ever. Add in a Dilla tribute done the right way, and this album is good enough to listen to on cassette. Put it on, and let it play.

1. “The Undisputed Truth” Brother Ali

If you’ve been reading my blogs, you might have seen this coming. People say the term classic get’s thrown around too much…well I guess I’m gonna have to Peyton Manning that shit around a little more. This album was great, start to finish, no filler. Brother Ali never slacks anywhere on this album lyrically. With several quotable verses…yeah, verses, while his lines are dope, he actually has whole quotable verses, something not too many emcees do anymore. Ant doesn’t slack on the production either. I fuck with Atmosphere heavy, but I know Slug has to be a little bitter that Ant brought the production on this album better than he ever has for their Atmosphere albums. Ant’s beats fit every track Ali spits on, and Ali switches back and forth between spitting about how fucked up the game is now, the government, and just the struggle in general. Not too many have covered life as completely as Ali has with this album. It wasn’t hyped, it wasn’t expected to vault the emcee behind it to the best ever spot, it wasn’t done with a big name million dollar producer, however, at the end of the day “The Undisputed Truth” delivered what it said it would, the undisputed truth. I can’t debate with you whether or not Brother Ali belonged on that MTV list, because I know he didn’t, nonetheless, he brought the dopest album of the past year, whether he’s “hot” or not.

That’s the list fam, debate it, diss it, agree with it, whatever, but definitely go pick these albums up, you won’t be disappointed.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the writer and not necessarily those of HipHopDX.com or Cheri Media Group.

I never did wear Calvin Klein

July 30, 2007 | Tags: Jay Z, haters, Calvin Klein, Kay Slay

Normally I don’t talk on the “hot topic” rap issues, but last Friday I seen one I had to bring up. In between trying to hustle my way into a Rock the Bells ticket, (the ticket is like 77 dollars, I’m about 77 dollars away…don’t think I won’t be there)I noticed that this cat Calvin Klein did an interview with Kay Slay commenting on Jay Z…..this is some of the lamest bullshit I’ve heard in awhile.

Check the audio here

First of all, this is on the Kay Slay show…Slay is the biggest Jay hater alive. Can someone in New York please tell my why Slay is so hurt by Jay? Every time I turn around Kay is throwing subliminals or involved in subliminals toward Jay, now this interview. Now, DJ Nay Nay has this dude Calvin Klein on the show. Calvin was one of (supposable) the biggest hustlers out in Brooklyn during the 80’s. Nay Nay’s partner side chick, whatever her name is, asks dude if him and Jay were affiliated, then cuts back and asks him if they were partners. Calvin replies that calling them partners in the 80’s is giving Jay way too much credit. Klein says Jay was in line, he was a “soldier”. He says 10% of Jay’s raps are truth, he is from Marcy, his name is Shawn Carter, he is from Brooklyn, the rest is Calvin’s life. Mistake number 1, dude says calling him and Jay partners was way too much credit for Jay, however, he goes on to say him and Jay caught an attempted murder case together in the late 80’s. Excuse me? Now, if a McDonalds’ gets credit for being the biggest grossing Mickey D’s in the city, they don’t give an award to the store manager and the fry cook. If Jay is only a “soldier”, how did they catch an attempted murder case together? Why didn’t the soldier catch the case and the boss go free? Anywayz, so dude goes on, he says he got 40 years, yet when Jay spoke on his behalf, it went down to four years. No “Thanks Jay” for that, instead he says that if it wasn’t for him taking the the rap for that case, you wouldn’t even know Jay Z…WTF? Coo Coo Cal goes on to say that when the whole Jay/Nas beef popped off, Nas exposed Jay. He said he didn’t know how Nas could have got so much dirt of Jay that was all true. He said Clark Kent reached out to him and told him “if Jay ever needed you, he needs you now,”…so he does the Don Diva interview. In the Don Diva mag, dude basically shouts Jay out and says Jay was in the streets doing his thing. Kevin Klein says he was taking chances even doing that interview because his case was being appealed at the time. He says when he got out, Jay told him he’d take care of him, but he didn’t. Calvin is now Akon’s manager. He claims Jay should have held him down, cuz when he told him he would, he missed other opportunities waiting for Jay. He then throws a quick threat at Jay, telling him “don’t park that Maybach on the Def Jam streets”, says he has a couple million, while Jay’s partner Ta Ta (of pepper spraying R. Kelly fame) is broke, and just moved his moms out the projects recently, says Jay isn’t a real boss, if you compare his crew to Diplomats “Bleek is broke and has nothing, while Juelz has shit”, calls Jay a “white boy on the inside”, and then says he’d be willing to talk things out.

First of all, all these drug dealers talking about rappers took they life…go pick up a mic. If Jay took your life and wrote about it, and you’re the real hustler, why is JAY the top hip hop money maker of last year, and not you? This dude is hella hurt, and Kay Slay took advantage of it. Dude said in the interview that Jay and them didn’t want to end up with an Irv Gotti situation, having the feds kicking his door in, but he says he’s been clean since he got out, but then he says he has a couple million. Akon doesn’t have a couple million his self, so where would Coo Coo Cal get a cool 2 million? If jay is such a poser, and he’s been writing about Klein’s life, why did Klein back him up in the Don Diva interview? I’m no “Teflon Don” myself, but I know a few things…if you’re real, you don’t endorse fakes. Therefore, either dude is corny for giving Jay props, or he’s just a hater mad cuz he’s not getting any bread. I’m sick of washed up ass drug dealers getting mad cuz they didn’t know to pull a Master P and get out of that game a long time ago. Is Jay writing about dudes life? Maybe, I don’t know, I don’t really give too many of these rappers the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the reality behind their lyrics anyway, but dudes interview was hella lame and haterish. Dude said he was amazed that Nas’ song had so much truth to it? (at this point, Kay Slay says “I was the first one to play that record”…STFU) Nas said that in 88, Jay was getting chased through his building, calling Nas house for help…How old is Nas? 90 percent of “Ether” was shit everybody already knew, or jokes. I’m not dissing the track, it was dope, but it’s just funny how dude did an interview shouting Jay out when the track dropped, now later on, he’s in awe of “Ether”. Get the fuck outta here.

It’s sad that some of us (people in the hood) have such a fucked up mentality, that if someone makes something of themselves, we feel if we can’t make it with them, we have to pull them down. Not just the lame ass drug dealing dude, but Kay Slay also. I used to get mad when rappers would talk about everybody hating on them, but now I see for some it’s actually true. Dude claims he’s not that mad, then why the hell did he do a whole interview about the shit? That’s not no street shit. Since when have drug dealers gotten mad and ran to radio DJs to do interviews dissing people? As real, and legendary as the dude is supposed to be, he just pulled a bitch rapper move.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the writer and not necessarily those of HipHopDX.com or Cheri Media Group.

Brillyance bka Neo Vs The Matrix (aka Do You)

July 28, 2007 | Tags: none

So on the first blog I dropped this week was about washed up rap cats dissing dudes and saying names to get some shine. The second blog I dropped was about the whole Mike Vick thing. I went back over both of the blogs and came up with the shit I’m writing now. On the second blog I spoke on consistency. People call for Vick’s head for animal cruelty, but don’t get upset when others are cruel to animals. The first blog, a lot of people got upset cuz I wasn’t a huge Clipse or Cassidy fan. Here’s where they combine….Why is it dudes diss T.I. and Lil Wayne for lack of subject matter, but then give Trash…Cas and Clipse a pass?

So one night I’m out in the OC standing in line with my girl waiting to get in to the House of Blues for a Little Brother/Dilated People concert. Everybody looked the fucking same! I seen like 10 Kanye look-a-likes with jeans, suit jackets and backpacks, (It’s funny, as mainstream as Kanye is, he’s still one of the main trendsetters for underground fans) like 3 Hieroglyphics shirts, a million vintage shirts and trucker hats… basically everyone looked the same. I told my girl it’s funny, cuz everybody here thinks they’re different, and they try their hardest to avoid the mainstream trends…yet they’re still trend followers. As much as they make fun of the “sheep” that listen to the music the radio plays, they’re still all sheep, they just follow a different shepherd. While the radio/BET/MTV tell everyone in the mainstream what’s popular, those who refuse to follow them, still follow. At first I thought it was just a clothing thing, but when I really thought about it, I realized there’s a collective non-pop hip hop mind also. I’ll just call it the matrix.

See, on one of the first blogs I did here I stated I hadn’t really listened to Biggie’s “Ready to Die” all the way through, and when I did, I didn’t really like it. A lot of people dissed me, questioned my love for hip hop, all sorts of shit. What these same cats failed to realize is, I’m me. “Ready to Die” dropped in September of 1994, I was 11 years old and in the west coast. It wasn’t force fed to me, I wasn’t a huge BIG fan, and I don’t give a shit what others say. I wasn’t gonna just run out and check the album out cuz everyone else said it’s classic. I didn’t like the shit I heard off it (which was most of it) so I never really fucked with it. I can’t say the same for others. Since B.I.G is declared the greatest ever by a lot of significant people in the hip hop universe, others (not all people that like dude have, but a lot of the responses I got on that blog were from people who did) just adopt that opinion. The same seems to be happening with the dissing of the south, and the acceptance of bullshit music from certain east coast dudes. How else could someone possibly like Cassidy, yet not like 40 Cal of Dipset? Same shit, crack, crack, gats, bitches, I’m nice. Don’t try and tell me Trash is nicer either, cuz if he is, it’s not by much. The reason people are more willing to fuck with Trash and not fuck with 40 is cuz 40’s in Dipset, and the matrix thinks Dipset is whack. What’s the difference between Clipse and Lil Wayne? Besides millions of records sold, a record label contract, like 3 albums, like 30 mixtapes, and probably millions of dollars, the matrix thinks Clipse is dope, and the south is killing hip hop. While Virginia is in the south, the Clipse’s lack of an accent, and NY swagger keep them from being labeled southern artists. Do I think Malice and Pusha T better than Lil Wayne? Truthfully:

1. I can’t tell which one is Malice and which one is Pusha,

2. I don’t think either of their albums are better than the Carter II

3. I think both of their albums are better than anything pre-Carter II

While I don’t think Clipse or Cassidy really suck, I do think they get a lot more credit due to the matrix. So how do you know if what you feel is due to the matrix or just your opinion? Well, if you feel a certain way, but can’t explain why with actual reasons (if you say “it’s just better”…that’s not an actual reason), then the matrix has a hold of you. Don’t worry, I’m Neo, and I’m here to awaken those plugged into the machine. DO YOU! If you only listen to music to dance and holler at chicks, therefore you like Young Joc more than Little Brother…that’s cool, that’s you. However…don’t try and come to the spot I hold down and try to tell me Canibus is dope because….he just is. That’s bullshit, even if dude is dope, your just caught in the matrix.

BTW…I went to the movies and seen “The Simpsons” and “Talk to Me”. “The Simpsons” surprised me, it didn’t suck…although when I seen “Talk to Me” I almost forgot I just finished watching “The Simpsons”. I recommend everybody go see “Talk to Me”, starring and directed (I believe) by Don Cheadle. I didn’t know it came out yet, it’s not really hyped on TV. Everybody should see it, if you're black you HAVE TO SEE IT, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.

Check the audio section of HHDX for that new Neo (Brillyance) ft. Meka Udoh track “Do You” (e-thug/agent smith diss)

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the writer and not necessarily those of HipHopDX.com or Cheri Media Group.

I opened the door on the shit, so I'll close it. Mike Vick and the bigger picture...

July 24, 2007 | Tags: Mike Vick, Dog Fighting, STFU

Ok, let me start by saying I seen this coming. Far before the Vick issue blew way out of hand, I saw people already forming opinions and hanging dude publicly. Before it was a big enough issue for Al Sharpton’s bitch ass to speak on it, I brought it up. For those that don’t know the facts or are trying to ignore them…let me break the situation down.

Vick buys a house out in Surrey County Virginia. He gives the house to his cousin. Vick is a certified pit bull breeder, and the house contains 50+ pit bulls. The house comes under investigation for drugs, the house is checked, they found nothing drug related, what they do find is a little blood on the ground, a device used to unlock a pit bulls jaws, a treadmill rigged for pit bulls, and what people are calling a “rape stand” (first of all, the word rape is used for people, animals can’t be raped…why? The word is defined as an act committed amongst people, therefore, that word is misused, most likely intentionally for its connotation) which basically holds the female in place so the male can mate with her. The Surrey County people decided to investigate for dog fighting. A ESPN reporter reported that Ray Buchannon, Ex-Falcon CB said that Vick “Loved the dog fighting culture,” Ray Buchannon came out and said that he never said that, the reporter replied that he was gonna stick to his story. ESPN then ran a special with a special with a “insider” who had been convicted of dog fighting whose voice was changed and body was in shadows (for his safety) who said that Vick was a big gambler in the dog fighting world. Surrey County prosecutor took his time with the investigation, because they said they wanted to do the investigation “right”. PETA wrote to Roger Godell complaining about how he was handling the situation. The Feds came in and took the case over. They were reports of dogs being buried in the backyard, yet unlike the original evidence found, this was never mentioned again. Roger Godell, the commissioner of the NFL said he wouldn’t suspend Vick due to the fact he’s not a repeat offender, and he hadn’t been convicted. After hearing from witnesses, the FEDs then chose to indict Vick. Nike then decided to hold off on the release of Vick’s new shoes. Soon after Vick was indicted, Roger Godell demanded Vick stay away from training camp pending a league investigation. The league has separate investigators who will look at the evidence the federal government has, and make a decision of their own prior to the case being complete.

What’s the fucking point of a legal system anyway?

People can say all they want about what he “might” have done, but nothing has been proven. He owned a house his cousin stayed in. Vick had dogs there, and some convicted felons say he was a part of a dog fighting ring. Everybody is running around damning dude to hell and wishing death upon him because Ray-ray, who got caught, is saying Vick fights dogs? What other evidence is there? Blood on the ground? A device used to pry pit bulls jaws apart? If you have that many pit bulls, you better have something to pry their jaws apart. Let’s be real…what evidence is there? Nothing, but yet and still PETA, Al Sharpton and Russell Simmons are telling the NFL to leave him alone. Their writing to his job and telling his job, not to employ him anymore because of something he was accused of. Just Blaze is saying “Fuck Mike Vick” and stuff like that…..just get me my damn Saigon album, that’s what you do. If Vick get’s found guilty without a reasonable doubt, he deserves whatever punishment the legal system gives him. Dog fighting is wrong. I’m not defending people who fight dogs. I don’t care what people “think” pit bulls are raised for. Any sentient (See “Transformers” tried to drop some knowledge on you, but you probably didn’t catch it. Optimus Prime says at one point in the movie, humans deserve to live, as does any sentient being. This train of thought comes from a philosopher named Jeremy Bentham, except he applied the same saying to animals. Sentience is the ability to feel pain and pleasure, and wanting to live. Bentham believed that since animals are sentient; they deserve to be treated equally with considerations for their differences. This was further stressed by modern philosopher, Peter Stinger in 1975.) creature deserves the right to live. Dog fighting is morally wrong, however, Vick hasn’t been found guilty yet. If he does, he’ll get what he deserves.

I had been schooled on animal rights in a philosophy class I took before. Here’s the funny part about all of this though. All these people upset because Vick is accused of fighting/killing dogs, calling for his head, calling for his job, etc. etc., I bet very few of them are Vegans. Everybody is calling Vick an idiot, cuz he’s making millions of dollars, he shouldn’t be doing what he’s doing (accused of doing), but McDonalds makes billions of dollars, everyday they’re putting holes in cows heads. Every day chickens are being killed so you can have some damn McNuggets. I know Bill O Reiley’s fat ass eats meat; I don’t hear him complaining about the treatment of animals on corporate farms. Oh….they’re just cows…what’s the difference? See people here in America love to think what we do is right and the way things should be. All animals are equal. If they don’t cause a threat to human life, why should they be treated any different? When I was in that philosophy class, we watched a video on this place in Asia where they eat cats. They shocked the cats, smashed their heads, all sorts of shit, so they fix them up as a meal. The people in the class were cringing. They couldn’t bear to see “little fluffy” get her head bashed in so someone can eat her. That’s life. Just because you’re attached to Toto, don’t think everyone else has to be. If you’re so convinced that it’s oh so wrong for him to be dog fighting, you should also think its wrong that baby cows are kept in extremely small cages and only given liquids to produce veal. If not, you my friend are a huge hypocrite. I wonder if Just Blaze occasionally enjoys a whopper. I’m pretty sure Russell is a vegan, but I wonder if Al Sharpton questions whether his hair products have been tested on animals. I doubt it. Where were these same people when Dickface Chaney shot his partner on accident, while shooting at birds intentionally? Where was Just Blaze’s blog about that? Why isn’t the same fuss being made over Roy Jones fighting chickens? Oh, it’s illegal to fight dogs, and those other things are legal, you say? Just because something is legal doesn’t make it morally right. Just because something is illegal doesn’t make it morally wrong. When you say someone should “burn in hell” you say that because they’ve done something wrong. Not because they’ve done something illegal. Smoking wed is illegal, but you’re not gonna say someone should burn in hell for doing that are you? Murder is illegal, if you think someone should burn in hell because they’ve murdered someone, it’s not because murder is illegal, it’s because you believe murder is wrong. Be consistent, or at least take that into consideration before you open your mouth, or start typing slanderous stuff like most of the commenters on my original blog, Shake’s blog, and….Andres blog already have. That’s all I’m saying.

Step away from the fact that Vick ran for 100+ yards against your Carolina Panthers and kept them out of the playoffs last year. Step away from the fact that someone in your fantasy league had Vick and Vick ran for two touchdowns beating you last year. Step away from the fact that Vick has herpes but still get’s way more pussy than you ever will. Grow the fuck up, and look at the situation. Dude has been indicted for dog fighting, the only actual evidence they have against him is the words of convicted felons. Don’t try and say that the federal government always gets their guy and that they wouldn’t bring up a case they couldn’t find someone guilty on, because Irv Gotti just beat a fed case like 2 years ago. The Surrey County prosecutor already said they don’t even want to bring charges up against him anymore, now it’s just the Feds. You wouldn’t hear that in the mainstream media though. I went to ESPN.com, it didn’t mention that anywhere. Why? Because that doesn’t go in the direction they’ve been pushing this thing all along. It’s not controversial that the people that brought this up to begin with are no longer interested in trying to press charges against Vick. Like I said and always have said, if dude get’s found guilty, he’ll get what he deserves, until then, let things be.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the writer and not necessarily those of HipHopDX.com or Cheri Media Group.

Bitching, whining ass rappers...

July 23, 2007 | Tags: Lil Wayne, Kanye, TI, Clipse, Beans, Cassidy, garbage.

Yea, I’m still alive. I’ve just been busy trying to get that job that will allow me to pay bills AND illegal bad habits (PLEASE let this be a real and good quality copy of the Simpsons movie…), and in California, that’s a pretty damn hard thing to do. Last week I spent more time commenting on everyone else’s blogs as opposed to writing my own, but it’s looking like it’s about that time….

“Lookin like Larry Holmes flabby and sick, tryna playa hate on my shit? Eat a fat dick”
-2pac….or Makavelli or whatever he was calling himself at that time “Bomb First”

Rappers are really turning into divas. It seems like you every time I turn around, some rapper has something to say about someone else for reasons unknown. So, like I said on the little intro thing I do on every blog, last week I checked everyone’s blogs and was dropping my little comments, but one in particular left me a little annoyed. It wasn’t the blog itself, or the blog writer, It was what the blog was about. J Burnett did a blog 2 weeks ago or so saying that “TI vs TIP” was an unoriginal concept, because Cassidy already did “Split Personality” , and Nelly did “Sweat/Suit” prior to T.I.’s album, and that besides the concept, there was nothing really that good about the album. True, true (well actually I did some research, while they did drop their albums first, TI did the whole personality argument battle thing on “Trap Muzik” with a track called “TI vs TIP”, which dropped August 19, 2003, Cassidy then dropped “Split Personality” March 16, 2004, and Nelly dropped “Shi…Sweat/Suit” September 14, 2004). So last week, he drops a blog saying that he called it, he knew Cassidy would respond. Huh? So I check the link out, and there’s a Cassidy freestyle. At the end of the freestyle, Cas says some shit like “On my Last album, I did a track with Cassidy the Hustler battling Cassidy the Problem, now everyone wanna battle themselves, that’s whack, be original” Huh? Now J Burnett’s argument was more on point, cuz those albums did drop first (although, like proven, TI started the whole thing with that track), but for Cassidy to say that he started it on his track on his last album, which came 2 or 3 years after T.I. did the track “TI vs TIP”…come on man. Do these dudes actually listen to hip hop, or do they go in the booth, throw some punch lines together, and then leave and act like this shit don’t exists? I could see if this was like Eminem or 50 cent, who may in their heads (and about 10 million other peoples minds) might think they’re too big to even recognize TI, but Cassidy? You’re not that big homie. The thing is though, I see right through it. Cassidy got a bad case of “I’m not hot, let me go diss someone who is”itis. TI’s last album was Stephen Garbanowski (garbage), but, if I remember right, so was both of Cassidy’s. Dude ended up in the hospital before he could take advantage of his “I just beat a case” hype (ala Snoop Dogg), then couldn't record fast enough to take advantage of his “I just got out the hospital” hype (ala Kanye West) so he goes at TI. Lame. It’s funny how after Cassidy beat Freeway in that battle, when Cyssero and other dudes wanted to battle him, he wouldn’t do it. Now however, he quickly take jabs at TI. Like I said in J Burnett’s blog, Cassidy is the bully who’ll pick on the nerds but won’t mess with the jocks…what a bitch.

The thing is, dude isn’t the only one in Philly on that shit. Beanie Seigal...yea, that fat dude that was on Roc-a-Fella….what label is he on? Shit I don’t know…anywayz, yea, that dude, awhile back, dude goes at Kanye about his attire on some track that I can’t even remember (due to insignificance) saying he’s “half out the closet” than in an interview reiterates the point that he thinks Kanye (and Pharell) look gay and couldn’t walk down his block in Philly. Ok, so Ye gives dude the best beat he’s rapped over (“Nothing Like it” on Beans second album….the name says it all) and in return, he calls dude gay? So what dude couldn’t walk down his block dressed the way he is, a lot of people probably can’t walk down Beans block in Philly. Carmello Anthony couldn’t chill in the projects in L.A. without getting robbed, but you don’t see Game throwing disses at him(actually, now that I'm editing this, I think he did). Why not? Because Carmello Anthony isn’t the “hot” rapper/producer and Game isn’t the “I need some attention cuz nobody cares about me anymore” rapper (yet). I don’t want to hear anybody talking about the tracks Beans did before, or how street he is, Beans now holds MOP status, which basically means, nobody gives a fuck about him. Does anybody remember his last album? I got it…somewhere…I actually bought it, but I can’t tell you when it dropped, or where I have it at. Dude needs to leave the pills alone, and get to bagging groceries, cuz he’s reached the end of the line in this hip hop shit. He’s gonna go to war for Jay? They don’t allow the handicapped senior citizens in the Army, stop it.

Last but not least in the “I need some attention” world of hip hop….Clipse. Yea, so about a year and a half ago during the whole Gillie”who the fuck cares about me”the kid vs Lil”I just kissed a man” Wayne beef, Lil Wayne made a comment like “Clipse…who the fuck are they, Pharrell wore Bapes, ya’ll thought he was weird, I wear Bapes, ya’ll think it’s cool” Clipse responded with “What do you call a man that kisses another man in the mouth? A faggot” and then they started claiming Gillie as “they’re family” (it’s funny, cuz I never seen them bringing him to MTV interviews before…) So now, out of nowhere, the Clipse say “You can’t be a legend if you wobble dee wobble dee. You can’t be a legend if you dress like Jay Z one minute, then you dress like Clipse the next, then you dress like Jim Jones after that. You can’t sell drugs on your 5th album and be a legend,”…excuse me? When did Pusha and Malice become the experts on being a legend? Was it when they got dropped from Star Trek? Oh, they didn’t get dropped you say, they just left. Call it what you want, they don’t have the Neptunes production anymore, and realistically, that’s the difference between them and Jae Millz. Who’s Jae Millz you say? The dude that got ate up by the dude that had to walk to go get cheese cake. The dude that ended with a tie to Murder Mook…who’s Murder Mook? That dude that stands on that corner in Harlem saying he can rap and play basketball…oh, you don’t know him? Truthfully, neither do I, I’ve just seen him and Jae Millz a couple of times, they’re both nobodies, and now, without the Neptunes’ backing them, so are the Clipse. Stop fronting like you were excited to get “Hell Hath No Fury” or “Lord Willin” because of the Clipse rhymes, there’s a million mixtape rappers in NY that can talk about crack and flossing as good, if not better than Malice and Pusha, they just don’t have Pharell and Chad behind them. Clipse spent their whole first album saying they weren’t rappers, but now they’re trying to comment on what it takes to be a “legendary” rapper? Sorry fam, I’m guessing you can’t be a legend with song titles like “Ma I don’t love her” or “Wamp Wamp” either…but hey, that’s just my opinion.

This is the real problem. If you spend your time trying to be the “hot” rapper, spitting “hot” punchlines, rolling with the “hot” label, rapping over the “hot” production, you have to realize, heat cools. Eventually, you’ll cool off, and someone else will be “hot”, that’s why I’d much rather aspire to be “great” than “hot”. On that note, I’m out.

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Console Wars...

July 18, 2007 | Tags: Systems, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii

Back again. I’m tired as hell, but I wanted to put something up for Tuesday, cuz I don’t know what the hell I’m gonna do tomorrow. I’ve just been hella busy dealing with other shit and it’s left me exhausted. Anywayz, I’ve been writing here for some months, and I got a group of people that check my blog frequently, and we agree on a lot of shit….However…recently I seen two of these people post something I don’t agree with in any shape or form….let’s backtrack…

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Strong Arm Steady.....
Posted By: Pancho S. Arsenal | Thursday, July 12, 2007

Heard them on a track on Hi-Tek's The Chip album that came out late last year...they are really dope too.

oh....XBOX 360 > Wii >PS3

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Pancho
Posted By: Cali Rob | Thursday, July 12, 2007

XBOX360>Wii>PS3
yup most def

Yea, so I wanted to do a blog about PS3 before, but there’s no time better than now….

“You old school like Coleco kicko, my game’s like PS3 or sattelite radio”

Prodigy “Stick and Move”

Yea, so I’m not gonna attempt to go over anyone’s head. I love games, and I’ve been playing the shit since I was young, but I’m not gonna front like I’m a super tech nerd and know all there is to know. I know more than the average Joe, but since Joseph is who I’m writing for, I’m gonna break it down for him. First and foremost, I’m no fan boy.(translated into hip hop terms, a Stan) I fuck with whatever is good. I don’t have money to buy a product simply because it’s made by a certain company. When Xbox 360 first dropped, I went out and hustled my way into one. Last generation Xbox was clearly superior to PS2 and Gamecube. It was obviously the stronger system, it was the only system with a built in hard drive, and it had the best online gaming by far. Not only did the Xbox 360 look promising, it was the first system released, so at the time, far as next gen went, you had no choice. I got the system in early December, (I believe a little over a month after it came out) it broke before Christmas. The “three lights of doom” as it’s referred to, meant that I would be spending my Christmas system-less. I sent it out with my a hard drive (I had a premium system) they sent me back a core system (you can tell because the disk drive was silver on the premium, they sent me back a white one) and no hard drive. Not only did they send it back the wrong system with no hard drive, the system was left sitting on my porch in a box for any random ass person to steal. I complained, threatened, and just straight up cursed out Microsoft employees. After already buying another hard drive ($100), MS (Microsoft) sent me another hard drive about a month after not sending one back. About 8 months later, after playing some games at night, I woke up to play online some more, only to find my system was broken. Why??? Who knows (maybe because they sent me a piece of shit system they “fixed” when someone else sent it in, but who knows) I called in to Microsoft, and after giving the serial number to the system (which wasn’t my original system anyway) they told me that my warranty was up, and I’d have to pay $126 to get the system fixed. Excuse me? Fuck you, I’m going to Sony. Well, actually, I didn’t. I went back and bought another 360. It worked perfectly fine, but I got tired of it, and afraid that it might break on me, so I went to Craigslist, sold my system, my games, and all my accessories for $500. I then turned around and bought a PS3 for the same price. I’ve had my PS3 for 4 or 5 months…no problems. What does this have to do with comparing the two systems? (since the Wii is a cheap gimmick and a gay ass name for a system) Absolutely nothing, that was just used to explain my experience with the two systems, and to show that I had both of them. Now for the real shit….

Ok, so I already know what people want to say, and I’m gonna address those issues first and foremost:

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