I remember in my younger years when the radio played only the hot shit. Now if it ain't a mixshow I don't listen. As a kid I spent many afternoons and evenings sitting beside the radio reciting damn near every rap song. I used to look forward to catching Rap City after I got home from school. Do you remember the Street Dreams video? Better yet remember when Hardknock Life Vol.2 dropped. It feels like yesterday when Meth and Mary was on every countdown. Those were the days. Thanks to the creation of the Ipod I can time travel throughout the day. Here is some video clips of that good ol 90's hip hop.
These poor kids now aren't getting exposed to real rappers. All the radio and tv play now is weak rap with no subject matter. A 13 year old can't appreciate an artist like Nas, Black Thought or Common simply because they don't understand it.
SWAG is the most overused word. I never understood why all these corny ass people go on and on about how much SWAG they have. From my observation I've noticed that SWAG really isn't a good thing. After listening to different rappers that seem to be the ones with all the SWAG I've come to realize that SWAG includes: horrible rap songs getting high (these niggas don't stop at weed) constantly talking about money a lot of fake jewelry pointless bragging bad hair cuts (especially Lil Boosie's fade) Look at these video clips and tell me if I'm wrong
It was bad enough some DJ's were secretly charging artist to play records now the labels wanna charge the stations. These idiots at record labels are having a hard enough time selling bullshit albums and now they are willing to get a bill passed that could put stations out of business. Me personally I listen to online stations because they don't play the wack shit.
I will never understand why when someone calls a rapper out for a battle or say that another rapper isn't the best these guys wanna fight. The most recent case of bitch-ass-ness is Method Man. Joe Budden saw that fucked up VIBE list of the top MC's and made his opinion. To be honest I agree with Joe on this. When he saw Method Man's rank he gave him all the props in the world then he said he believe he can take him. What the fuck is wrong with that. Rap is COMPETITIVE. Joe then said if Meth disagrees they can go bar for bar. Meth made himself look ignorant by wanting to fight because Joe basically issued a challenge. My advice for Meth would be to shut the fuck up if he ain't gonna battle. After that last album Meth should chill the fuck out. If they ever battle and Joe gets in his ass (no homo) Meth will be a true bitch if he tried to fight that man for beating him......
People got mad because Asher Roth said that people should give back. When your in position to do it why not. This COON Gucci Mane went and blew his money on fake jewels. Even though he might have spent about $4,000 on all of this bullshit it's just the principal. People have lost jobs and they can't support their families but these ignorant ass rappers (like Gucci Mane) will rap about money and how they are so much better than you (the listener) if you don't have it.