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Slap-Boxing With Jesus

Lil Wayne & Jay-Z Can Both Bite My Ass

In case you didn’t know, there is a difference between bloggers and writers. Writers are supposed to bring an unbiased, newsworthy sense to the masses. They’ve been responsible for the way many – if not all – of us think, what they prefer and what they listen to. With such a powerful influence on our very being, is it any wonder why journalism is one of the most volatile, dangerous and disrespected professions around? A journalist going out to cover the Middle East is just as much a target as a soldier.

Bloggers, on the other hand, are the Internets equivalent of that drunken uncle in your family who sits in that corner recliner at your family barbeque always stirring up some shit. Whereas writers are more or less storytellers, bloggers will shit on that story and give their own, often fucked-up point of view on it. The rules and integrity reserved for journalism goes flying out the window. Bloggers won’t win any Pulitzers, and some (like all of us humps here) are usually compensated in insults. I sure as shit won’t be able to pay my rent with a virtual “fuck you homo,” but I digress. However, bloggers are almost solely responsible for the cipher element in hip-hop to remain relevant today. So while bloggers may not be able to sit at the grown folks’ table, they bring forth much more entertaining – and in some cases better – debates than your average writer.

One of the things about blogs is that they usually (and sometimes unfortunately) garner more attention if they make a mention of some current craptastic artist. I knew that shit before I started even marking my territory, which is why I occupy a couple slots on that list to the upper-right of your screen [1], and one of my shits has hovered in one of the top-2 spots since I got here. Sadly, the ones that are genuinely enthralling (such as Brillyance’s Friday spotlights) are avoided like The Germ, which sucks for those who actually have something good to say.

Speaking of that top-2 blog, whenever I go back to read the shit from time to time, although it’s obvious that I was in a different state of mind then, I’ll still stand by my opinion of Weasel F. Fraggle being one of the most overrated and shittiest rappers of all time [2]. But as much disdain as I have for the rapping wombat, I will acknowledge his immense presence in the game today, albeit in the sense that out of all the artists out today, Wheezy sounds the least like the first 20 seconds of Cabbiedonna’s Dragon Ball Z-inspired “freestyle” on my blogging brethren Donwill’s recent post [3].

At the same time, I really don’t give a shit that he’s beefing with Jay-Z, as if the shit will make hip-hop forget that he likes to get rear-ended by his fake-ass father. Grandpa Simpson hasn’t done anything remotely fulfilling in rap for years now, and it seems like every shitbag hump who can rhyme “thing” with “bang” will go at him for a little face time on the Internets. But here’s the question that does intrigue me: do so many people feel like they have to go at Jay to build up their reputation? The obvious answer to that could pertain to Jigga being the greatest lyricist alive right now, and the theory that in order to be the best, you have to beat the best. Think about it: nobody’s going at Rakim, Slick Rick or Big Daddy Kane for props now, right?

But if you ask me (and I know you’re not), I believe that these humps are really attacking him out of a sense of envy and urgency. And as much as I rag on Jigga, I can respect that he has enough common sense not to jump headfirst into a meaningless beef. It’s pretty obvious that he doesn’t care too much about rap anymore with his current streak of lethargic rhymes, since he’s already made his impression on the game, not to mention he’s probably balls-deep in the hottest light-skinned chick of my generation while I’m switching out the coffee filters at my job. I can even understand his reasoning to throw a couple lazy jabs here and there as well; they’re not so much for the purpose of defending himself than they are for the bizarre, backgammon-like way of setting his opponents up to fall flat on their face when their album does drop. Jim Jones’ and Cam’Ron’s shit sammiches both failed to even go gold despite the buzz they got from their nonsensical beef with Jay, and I’ve already noticed that Weasel’s wig has been pushed back to next year.

But in the end, who gives a flying fuck what everybody thinks? One of the more prevalent arguments I’ve seen more often than not is the “he’s making more money to care about you” logic a lot of Wayne Staynes throw out to their detractors. By that half-tarded reasoning, wouldn’t that mean that he doesn’t give a shit about a random-ass c-boy’s virtual support outside of tricking them into buying their newest audio violation also? I’m pretty sure Jay’s not climbing out of Beyoncé (or Wayne climbing out of Baby, for that matter) to check this shit if it’s not making them richer than they already are.

By the way, this is not a diss to aliya. Lord knows I don’t need to be cyber-pistol whipped by someone I respect here too.

[1] It’s also because I write damn near everyday, but whatever.

[2] I believe the proper designation was “Garbage On A Tape.”

[3] Seriously Don, what the fuck was that shit? If I didn’t know any better, I’d swear that Vegeta would have popped out of nowhere, and the two of them would start exchanging Spirit Bombs or something.

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