Don't dare try to tell em Soulja Boy

So it's been a new Soulja boy controversy. This young guy has put out a video where he attempts to discuss hip-hop issues. This is me trying to portray it in a positive light and make it seem deep. His first statement that Lil' Wayne is going to be called the best because he says it. I don't know who Soulja is asking but I don't know anyone who is going to say Wayne is the best rapper alive, dead

Saigon and I are disappointed with hip-hop

So as that plays just feel me on this, we all know that the celebrities and people we see play a huge role in popular culture which in turn influences our kids. Just like Saigon says you have all these kids getting arm sleeves worth of tattoos and wearing little tight jeans and sagging them just because they see everyone else doing it. Remember what happened to jerseys when Jay-z said he doesn't

The nerve....

I'm all for getting your hustle on and making the best of your situation when it presents itself. But there a couple of things that come to mind looking at this latest worldstar clip. Before I get into it, shout out to them for providing me with endless material.Now if you had the stomach to watch that shit, you know what happened. If you were smart enough to turn it off, it's video girl Angela "

Are the lyrics alive?

In the above video, the hoods "Favorite Street Lyricist" Styles P talks about the lack of creativity and lyricism in todays hip-hop. I feel him to a certain extent. This is a huge problem of course in today's hip-hop. Too many people are striving to get to those hit singles and crossover appeal. Most of this comes from label pressure and the desire to make money over all things including the

Shaun Boothe

I checked this out at Knowgood Music. This is a dude named Shaun boothe who took Nas' Unauthorized Biography idea and went to the next level. From what i've seen he has done James Brown, Bob Marley, and Muhammad Ali. I applaud stretching the concept and how he worked it but I don't think he is skilled enough to pull it off at it's best. I think his flow could use work because it just seems rough

Innocent Man-Mark Morrison and DMX

Mark Morrison and DMX - Innocent Man, dedicated to my man Mr. Vic newman. 2 of his favorite homies together.and the oldie but goodie- return of the mack.

Hip-hop History

One thing that I have noticed that in hip-hop we don't celebrate our history or heritage. Not to say we don't have an understanding of it, but we don't pass it on to the youth the same way as fans of other genres. Rock fans are sure to play classic songs for their kids and their stations have a wider mix of music being played together. When does that happen on urban radio stations? During the

Watch you Daughters part 3- thanks MSNBC

More evidence of what I told you guys earlier.

Soulja-beef?

Now I'm not a fan of Charles Hamilton. The songs I have heard from him haven't done anything for me, so i'm not too biased here. What is interesting is two things, first soulja boy takes the time to comment so he can promote his new album. Classic tactics in ww-hiphop these days. But he is really bold ain't he? He is talking somewhat reckless.The other thing that i don't like about this is his

Aint No Love in the Heart of the City

If you have seen this video or heard a synopsis, it's like this, Joe Budden says "Fuck New York". Now let's look at the context of what he's actually saying. He's saying fuck the New York attitude. And he's right for the most part. Stack Bundles said it best "If more niggas was workers and more rappers was fans/ the game would be like 88 records would move like grams". In New York they are the

Watch Your Daughters part 2!

I'm back with another note to the people with children of the female gender. This time the topic is about watch who your daughters are looking up to. Watch their friends too. But look at who they emulate and show them a wide variety of people and different sides of those people.Just look at beyonce. You cannot let your daughters just listen to the chickenhead music that she puts out on the radio.

Watch Your daughters!

This is an important blog right here. I have a daughter and a lot of you out there have children. Now it is truly important to have strong role models for young boys, don't get me wrong, but you really have to watch out for these young girls today. let me break it down for you....Check youtube, put in any popular song and chances are you're going to find some underaged girl dancing to it in her

Theater of the Mind- Ludacris

So Finally an album I can get somewhat excited about as Ludacris finally drops Theater of the Mind. One of the most underrated artists of today's age is out with what i believe is his 6th album. Coming out with a concept where every song is based off of either a television show or a movie for it's theme. The concept works and it is great to see some innovation...for the most part.From the

Back to beef...and Losers

So real quick, Shawty Lo and T.I. are back at it again. Fighting at some obscure ass Southern awards show...well at least their crews are. This shit is stupid now. I like to see people put forth their best on record because they have something to prove, but these folks fighting and things like that is ridiculous. Then everyone has to go to worldstarhiphop and make a video explaining their side of

Too much Autotune

Arab Money remixFirst of all i think Ron Browz is lame. Pop Champagne is terrible and the only reason Arab Money was hot was because Busta just wilds out in his normal way. But this remix right here has waay too much bullcrap in it. I mean Busta's verse was hot. Puffy was alright, but after that it falls off the edge of a cliff. You got Akon and his annoying voice following up and i don't know

Happy Thanksgiving

Okay first and foremost, Happy Thanksgiving to every one out there. Now let me get into my angry ranting.What is up with these rapper ass dudes and all of the damn scarves, handkerchiefs, flags, and bandannas they're wearing. All of these frilly ass pieces of cloth need to go. You got Soulja Boi Tell em (yeah I'm using the entire dumbass name) rocking a gucci bandanna on his face, one on his

The Future for real?

Woah...okay so first we got Vibe going wild crazy with that lame ass hip-hop bracket that made absolutely no sense and wasn't even worth the time to check out. Then they come with this trash. point blank, I don't like Plies or what he stands for. The ignorance that comes out of this guys mouth just astounds me.Look i understand hip-hop has changed a lot but no one has standards anymore. Magazines

Crazy World- Young Jeezy video

Well I'm not a fan of Jeezy but this is a song that i don't mind. The video is kind of ill too, at least the first third of it. I like the chaotic look and feel of it but it seems more suited to Nas than Jeezy. I mean Nas would at least feel right and I take it Jeezy is trying to be more political but personally it doesn't work for me.

Ace Hood- Gutta; a review

So starting in the spring DJ Khaled put a hurting on the world's ear drums as he yelled over the chorus of "Cash Flow", the first single from Broward, Florida's own, ACE Hood. Featuring the required T-pain appearance and established artist co-sign in Rick Ross, the song took off thanks largely to the aforementioned ringmaster and production by The Runners. Looking at the recent history you can

Ed Lover Sheds some Light

Now I can't really speak on the exact topic that Ed is covering although near the end as he talks about the competition in New York between Hot 97 and Power 105. He talks about how people he helped get into the game turned and decided to talk greasy or spew hate at him for moving to the new station. This shows a lot about hip-hop culture as it stands today. There is a lack of respect in the game

Prodigy- Product of the 80's album review

I never really thought I would see the day where I looked at a Mobb deep type of product and think to myself "Why the hell am i listening to this?" But that is exactly what I find myself saying as I listen to Prodigy drone on and on about the same old topics as he has always rapped about.Looking deeper into the lyrics ( I am writing this as it plays cause I'm not sure I'll make it through the

Actual hip-hop commentary

Okay, so I just listened to Slaughterhouse which is the name of a group i assume that includes Royce da 5'9, Joe Buddens, Crooked I, and Joell Ortiz. Let me tell you. This shit is HIP-HOP SON!!!!!!!! The lyrics are fire and they actually build up to get to the "best" verse, though none of them are slacking. I see this joint as the lyrical "Swagga Like Us". I favor Crooked I's verse for now but I

The Local Responsibility problem

Beginning tomorrow, my local radio station 92q (92.3 WERQ FM) plans to start playing the Ricky Smiley radio show in the morning after letting go our local morning team. Now Baltimore is a top 30 market which means we deserve to have our own programming and stations. The biggest problem is our proximity to Washington DC which further fragments the selection because we can get DC stations which are

What Next?

Now that Barack Obama is ready to assume the role as President of the United States what next? We as Americans and especially those of us who happen to be black now have a further duty to try and help this man accomplish his goals and better this country. Now is not the time to sit back and bask in the glory of doing what you are supposed to do. When i woke up this morning, my credit rating was

The Reason I'm back

Now I watched this fool in this video. I realized something. and I never really wanted to use certain words because I might want to run for office one day, but screw it, this Nigga is asinine. I mean this in every negative way you can imagine. Mysonne was a guy who had a potential career ahead of him on the heels of Mase and before 50 Cent blew up. He was Shyne before Shyne, then he went to jail