Keep Your Ear To The Streets…
If Hip-Hop should die before I wake, I’ll Load up the extended clip and body them all day!”
The conversation and claims that Hip-Hop has died has been circulating for a minute and only heighten when Nas claimed it as his Def Jam debut title. But on some REAL TALK like Loso. If you ask me Hip-Hop is alive and breathing well, and these albums/ mixtapes prove it.
Lupe- Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
Nas- Hip-Hop Is Dead
Chamillionaire- Mixtape Messiah II
Jay-Z- Kingdom Come
Styles P- Time Is Money
Styles P is a man whose spirit is defeated, at least that’s what foes would want you to believe. They want you to think that the Yonker’s native has no more left in the tank after the war with G-Unit and seemingly backing by Interscope. But the man known as The Ghost is far from over. A little tired with the label B.S., but not over. If Time Is Money, then Interscope and Hip-Hop is going to have to ( in Reilly from Boondocks voice) “Pay what you owe”. Styles is no joke on the mike, and instead of giving in and making pop records like he’s counterparts, he provides a intense lyrical voyage for True Hip-Hop heads.
***My article is NOT about Young Jeezy!*** this build session attempts to answer the question posed in the 1st sentence of the original article, as well as other topics related to Hiphop’s turbulent life and supposed death.
What’s up world? I’m one month into this bid on Riker’s Island. Slowly but surely, I’m adjusting. The transition from the free world to this environment has been startling, to say the least. I’ve been assigned a job in construction. It breaks my day up, so I really can’t complain. We are paid $20 a week. That’s the figure — you read it right. I use that for my phone time. I sleep in a dorm surrounded by 60 men. Real wack! The 6 building is basically a sentenced building — meaning most of us will be home in a year or less. I’ve met people of many races, classes and denominations. There are Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings, Gods, Muslims, to name a few.
Since the posting of my response to the ‘Who the Hell Am I? Has Jay-Z Outgrown Hip-Hop?’ article, the responses have been overwhelmingly in agreement with the obvious point being made by my response, yet, there are those who I seem to have given the impression that I’m saying that Jay-Z, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby and others of their economic potential have not given anything back to the community, black and otherwise. This is, by no means, what’s being advocated by my response. What I am saying on the other hand is that, none of these “niggas” have ever put their image and likeness at the forefront of any real, tangible, and or substantial campaign to save the black youth of America (who need them more now than ever)! And you and I know for a well documented fact that the large majority of them will NEVER see any parts of this “Amerikkkan Dream!”
Robbie at Unkut caught the funniest exclusive. Marley Marl called up the Ed lover radio show when Jay-z was on and said “I know you can come better then that” referring to Kingdom Come asked him “where the Primo tracks”? Interestingly enough Jay-Z asked if there was a radio delay as soon as he heard it was Marly Marl.
This morning Nas made a rare radio appearance to talk about his upcoming release ‘Hip-Hop Is Dead’
Audio courtesy Rock and Roll is Dead found via HipHop Blogz
One Love and Infinite Respect…
Davey D is thorough, on point and supported! Gotta love a brother who can express himself in a way that the self relates to the masses! I’ve been tellin “niggas” since BG from Cash Money made the diamond anthem “bling-bling” that DeBeers was founded by John Cecil Rhodes who died and allocated his entire fortune to the worldwide domination of “white-supremacy” and “European/Euro-American imperialism” over black people. In his will he said that Africa and all its man-power wealth and resources shall always be the possession of Europe’s. It was such wealthy Europeans who convened at the “Conference of Berlin” in 1885 to discuss exactly what we see today; the dividing and exploitation of Africa amongst Europeans. Although, this conference was to discuss the future of Africa, there were no Africans present? So, in all actuality, when we buy diamonds, we are supporting the exploitation of Africa’s resources and the enslavement of her children (wherever they maybe on God’s green earth) for the benefit of Europeans and their children (wherever they may be on earth!).
Shouts to the people at Complex Magazine for their December/January issue. I mean, they do put out a good magazine monthly, but this issue is on steroids cause of the loose lips of Weezy F. Baby and Nas.
In the new issue, Nasir (As Baaalin would call him), reveals that he was offered a Presidential slot at Atlantic Records way before Def Jam even showed interest in signing him. The position would’ve put him directly in charge of guys like Jim Jones, who I believe is an A&R or A&R Director at the label. Imagine the guy who said he would smack Nas’s kufi off his head, having to answer to him. Not a good look. Nas’s revelation also came with a couple of choice words for the Harlem kid.
