"......get out the wayyy,pretty boy comin thru. me and my crew we swaggin in the room. girls on me heavy cause I look so sexy, yellow diamond shawty in the club straight flexin.........." Soulja Boy - Pretty boy swag
These are the hits that saturate our radio streams today. Songs that glorify your jewelry and how many girls you smashed, no matter how busted they may be. This has become an unfortunate part of the hip hop culture, sub par lyrics on decent beats. I remember back in early to mid 90s, you couldn't even get a record deal unless you could actually spit hot fire. Unfortunately these aren't the 90s. I have come to the conclusion talking to family and friends that there are 3 types of hip hop fans. There is the modern hip hop fan, the guy that mostly listens to whatever down south artist is hot on the radio. They are huge lil wayne fans and probably have never heard of artist such as AZ. White girls fall into this category. Than you have your classic hip hop fans. They despise Weezy and keep a heavy rotation of Illmatic and all Tribe Called Quest albums. Some even go as far as to never listen to any artist that's on the radio, only listening to underground artist. They like Aesop Rock and J-Dilla and would probably enjoy it if Soulja Boy lost his vocal cords. Then there is the guy that is a combination of both. He listens to everything from underground to commercial, from popular to ish you haven't even heard of. I represent this guy. We are the minority. I understand that every kind of music is made for a different purpose. Young Jeezy is not suppose to make you think like Talib Kweli does. Some hip is made for chill, some is made for getting hype, some has a powerful message and some is made for the club. The culture would be alot better if more people thought this way. There is nothing wrong with being a old school hip hop fan and listening to some of the new school, and visa versa. I am probably the only guy that has Young Jeezy, Little Brother, Weezy, Ghostface, and MF Doom all on the same mix tape. Waka Flocka!!!
Just because I like all aspects of hip hop does not mean that I listen to every artist. Take eminem for example. He is obviously a good rapper. He has pretty good flow and good content when not talking about killing his wife and eating his mothers babies. Me personally, I just don't like his voice. Having a good voice goes a long way when it comes to the rap game. Also, the artist must be somewhat relate-able to his target audience. I can not relate to him. Same goes with soulja boy. I am not going to call him terrible, because obviously the 1 million 15 year old girls and homosexuals that purchased his album seem to like him just fine. I am just not his target audience, and that's fine. Get your money homie........
This brings me to oldest debate in hip hop, who is the best rapper of all time? If you ask me it is not a question that can be answered so easily. What defines best? Is it records sold? If so then it would be em, pac and 50. Is it punchline ability? If so then you have to add Weezy to the debate. Is it lyrical content? If so it would be really hard to bet against NAS. This can go on and on. In my opinion there is no best rapper, no best album, no best song. Its all a matter of opinion. In my opinion NAS is one of the best to ever do it, Ghostface tells the best stories, Jeezy is the best at making me want to fight and Camrom is the best at making dumb lyrics hot. Ja Rule is also the best at being awful.
We are fast approaching week 40 of this pregnancy and still no baby. I have discovered sooo many nasty things about women during pregnancy that if I had known prior to knocking up T-Wil I may have put on a rain suit. Naw im jokin I love Santana. If you are a male and are interested in procreating in the future, you may want to skip this part. First of all mood swings are the least of my concerns. Yes sometimes T-Wil can completely bug out over some nonsense, but its cool, I was prepared for it. What I wasnt prepared for was the mucus plug. Yes the mucus plug. This is some snotty looking discharge that comes out near the end of her body preparing for labor. Don't know what discharge is?? Well get use to hearing it because its everywhere. Itching. Apparently pregnant women itch. I stare at T-Wil in disgust sometimes because she is savagely scratching herself. Go take a shower homie. I can continue with more weird things that happens to a pregnant women but I fear if I continue guys will be afraid to sew their royal oats. Im going to leave you with a video of one of my favorite tracks by AZ. Enjoy.
How DARE you talk about today's hip hop the way you did in your blog!! To say that you don't care for Soulja Boy's music is just blasphemy! Obviously this child has some life problems and we as African Americans need to support our fellow brother in whatever he ventures to do. So what if he's a known crackhead and will probably end up snorting his whole career through his nose. SO WHAT!If you're telling me that supporting his drug habit is wrong then really who am I gonna listen to. Even Waka Flocka (FLOCKA!) said himself that this is drug dealing music. If he is not informing the youth of american what's going on then who's going to? Not me I have way too much on my plate right now. I mean my son asked me two days ago, "Mommy what if i can't be an engineer?" To see the realness in his face when he asked me this was almost heartbreaking. What did i say? I told him what any other loving, caring, and concerned parent would say to their child, "Sweetie, we're just gonna have to work on your jumpshot" And at that moment I knew I had gotten through to him until he looked at me puzzled and asked me "What is a Jumpshot" THIS is why we need these rappers and athletes around, to mold our children the way that we will never be able to. i'm getting a petition to shut down World of Davidcraft, brb
ReplyDeleteHaha, I can already tell who the anonymous poster above is. The tone is a dead give away.
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