I was just reading an interview of L.A. rapper Nipsey Hu$$le where he said that 30yr old rappers who also perpetrate as gangbangers should one they selves.
FYI: I was writing like a retahd way before Kat Stacks made it all trendy.
He had to be talking about Lil’ Wayne since he is 30yrs old. I don’t think he was talking about Drake, who just has the mutton chop 5am shadow of a 30yr old.
Then I came across a pic of Drake doing something silly with his fingers. What the fux is that?!?
I always used to come across images of Juelz Santana making that same sign with his fingers.
He was obviously taught the technique from Cam.
And Jimmy.
I thought it was something that you had to do if your records were being distributed by Island Def Jam.
Ja Rule uses his ring finger instead of his middle one [ll].
Even T.I.’s label Atlantic Records has their own gang sign.
What has me confused is that Cam’Ron is still repping Island Records even tho’ he was under Koch. Maybe the paperwork still hasn’t cleared?
Bang. You’re dead. This is why Jay-Z is the boss of all bosses.
Just a pointer finger for Jigga. No more, no less.
Riding out with Timeless Truth lastnite reminded me how much I miss my old ‘hood.
Corona, Queens is the epicenter of the city that is the birthplace of the artistic movement called Hip-Hop. In the 1980’s Flushing Meadow Park would host a weekend extravaganza called ‘Queens Day’. There would be free concerts all throughout the park and Queens’ finest would be on display.
This drop is just a small tribute to the Unisphere in Flushing Meadow Park, Von’s on Northern Blvd, La Cabana, The Colosseum, Q.P.’s, The Jackson, Lemon Ice King, Busy Bee Mall, Queens Center Mall, Green Acres, and the list goes on and on…
Timeless Truth featuring Kool G. Rap – ‘World Renown’
Has the XXL mag franchise been in decline since Elliott Wilson left? Sure, but so has every Hip-Hop print magazine and mega-online Hip-Hop entity. I’m not saying that everyone over at XXL is a bum, because that isn’t the case (Byron Crawford), but I should send a kite to my people over there and tell them to fux with that Antenna imprint instead because it’s really more in the essence of Hip-Hop on a higher level. Shouts to the editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten who cursed me the fux out lastnite at the XXL Freshmen showcase. She lost about 1000lbs and got herself a nice little hairstyle. She looks downright effin’ smashable now so if the mag folds their tent maybe she can get her stacks up via the Kat Stacks economic system.
Sheeeeid, I’ve got five on it.
The XXL Freshmen 10 show was for XXL mag to make up some ground for their floundering magazine. XXL contracted Cam’Ron to headline knowing that Cam would bring along his newest protege Vado. This move also allowed XXL to save face and reconnect to the home of Hip-Hop since their magazine has kind’a sort’a forgotten about what happens here in New York City. By all stretches of the imagination the event appeared to be a success. The Highline Ballroom, NYC’s premiere Hip-Hop staging venue, was packed to the rafters, and not just with the usual allotment of industry shitbags(I regretfully include myself in that grouping), but with people who actually bought tickets to the show.
The Highline Ballroom isn’t a small space and I was impressed by how quickly it filled up. The energy was high early on so that usually forecasts a memorable night. What up to VeE from Scritch and Scratch? Your boy Shakespeare hollered at me and we politicked for a few. He’s good peoples. Paul ‘Gooch’ Cantor came thru also. If you want a barometer for how big an event is you can use Gooch who leaves his house for NOTHING. Just as the party was getting underway I had to leave the space and roll with Timeless Truth to NYU’s ‘Halftime Radio’ program. The word is getting out there about The ‘Lo-End Theory and some of the artists that will be doing there thing. I’m going to have to step up my game hardbody tho’ to equal the energy that XXL put into this event.
When I got back to the Highline after the radio show the crowd outside of the building was looking as big as the amount of people who were inside earlier. These were the folks who couldn’t get in [ll]. When people can’t get into the building and the list is closed then you know it’s a party. Thankfully I am known to Highline’s security at this point so I didn’t have to go thru changes to get back inside. I was just in time to catch Nipsey Hu$$le’s set. I don’t see how XXL can regard Nipsey Hu$$le as a freshman. I mean, dude is fresh, but he has been grinding for a minute and he isn’t new to anyone who fux with 2DopeBoyz for any length of time. Nipsey, Pac Div, U-N-I and a host of Cali acts have been doing their thing. The homey Diz Gibran could have used that Nipsey slot in the Freshmen 10 list.
It was still sketchy as to whether or not Cam’Ron was going to appear but my dude from XXL(yes, there are still chill MF’s there) let me know that he was setting shit up for Cam to come out. When Cam got on the stage the place erupted. That was a real nice feeling to be in the crowd and sing Cam lyrics with several hundred people. Vado, Cam’s newest jewel(no Juelz) was razor sharp too. They shut down the event properly. It was hype to see Cam play the role of hypeman for Vado. You could tell that Cam was really feeling Vado’s verses. The same applied for Vado when Cam did his mini-montage of joints. Always the showman, Cam’Ron loves to leave the people wanting for more.
XXL may not be able to make a competent list, but they sure as hell know how to throw a party.
I’m not copping the vinyl issue of the Wu-Massacre for the same reason I bought Gil Scott-Heron’s album. The cover art for Wu-Massacre was done by Marvel Comics’ artist Chris Bachalo and is a long time coming for the Wu-Tang Clan. I take that back. Bill Sienkewicz merc’ked that Bobby Digital cover, but the Wu-Tang comes from the era of Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s Daredevil and Ronin artwork. These artists should have been expressed graphically in this manner a loooong time ago. Still and all, Sean Price ‘Monkey Barz‘ cover is the G.O.A.T. comic art album cover.
I’ve been reading so many reviews that have put this collaborative project in the gutter. Not the good rap gutter tho’ which is sometimes referred to as gully. The critics have put this album in the same gutter where you put your basura. Wu-Massacre is not bad at all, but people’s Wu-Tang expectations are constantly in a place that means if the album is not a part 10 of the 36 Chambers then the album is a fail. That shouldn’t be the case. The Wu is till making great music. The fans, if you could call them that, are in another place right now. It doesn’t help the Wu either that they seem to be at odds with their fans as well as their founder.
‘Wu-Massacre‘ feels like it is only a bit longer in runtime than Gil Scott Heron’s new album. What is the deal with these new EP albums? I guess if people aren’t going to pay for their music anymore it doesn’t make sense to give them a full length LP. It does figure that my favorite track was RZA produced. Wu-Tang is forever bitches and this concludes my #Musix Monday drops.
Meth, Ghost, and Raekwon – ‘Our Dreams’
Meth, Ghost, and Rae feat. Inspectah Deck, Sun God – ‘Gunshowers’
