No, this has nothing to do with U-N-I-T-Y, but the new Hip Hop generation has turned into a bunch of whiny, punk bitches…

I said the new Hip Hop generation has turned into a bunch of whiny, punk bitches (copyright: Mike Jones).

We’ve got a bunch of actors in the game these days (and the majority of them aren’t good at what they do). If you want a reference point, check last months feature “Stop Snitchin on Yourself”.

For all of the cats claiming to be killas, D-Boys and pimps, these same cats turn bitch as soon as somebody calls them out. Back in the day, declining to battle somebody wasn’t an option and constituted an automatic “L” in the record books. The only cat that gets a pass for doing this is Jay-Z (who would have, without a doubt ENDED Killa Cam’s career and put his own Def Jam artist, Juelz Santana in an awkward position).

The rest of these sorry ass “I’m not going to respond, but oh yeah, I’m the best rapper ever” cats get no love. Man up and battle… and leave the guns at home. As much as I despise what LL Cool J has become, I’ve never seen him walk away from a battle, I can respect that. (And y’all know he really didn’t have to square off against Canibus. And for the record, LL lost, sorry ladies.)

How are you going to be the self proclaimed champ and never defend the title?

iBootleg?

The topic of bootlegging is still an issue in Hip Hop and I say y’all bitches need to get over it. Bootlegging doesn’t hurt record sales, but SHITTY MUSIC does (the neighborhood hustle man was selling tapes and CD’s long before Napster or Lime Wire were a thought in anyone’s mind). About 85 % (and I’m being generous) of what drops today is trash and if CD’s weren’t so expensive I’d be using them as Frisbees on my lunch break.

The difference between then and now is that you one hit wonder artists can’t go platinum with one a hot single and 13 garbage tracks because the public can hear your entire album BEFORE they’ve been suckered into buying it (I know y’all remember the days when the only hot song on an album was the radio single). Artists could get away with being sub par because nobody knew they were sub par until it was too late. Long live file sharing.

Get over it… BITCHES.

The BUSINESS of music

Oh, I hope you didn’t think that I was going to leave you, the consumer out. Y’all are just as at fault for the sorry state of the game as these artists and executives are. Continued on page 2 »