Vh-1 was bound to get it really right sooner or later. They were bound to produce a hip-Hop Honors show where every honoree was truly iconic and important to the genre of art and music that we love called Hip-Hop. This year’s honorees are singularly incredible so as a combined production I think this will be a stellar evening.
As we blog I am already going in hard to get the i.C.’s red carpet access for real. This way we can actually dialogue with some of our heroes from the past twenty years. I have nothing but love for all the talent listed, especially the host, TRACY MORGAN. I’m going to find out if Dominican Lou is a big CYPRESS HILL fan.
CYPRESS HILL needs no introduction for anyone that fucks with that funky, get high rap music. They have been touring and releasing albums since 1991. That is a long time to be pulling from the bong on that Cheech and Chong. I’m amazed these dudes can even make it to their show dates. When they hit the stage it is all business too. I’m predicting that Ice Cube and Snoop will help introduce them. How sick would it be if the Brooklyn spitter Joell Ortiz brought them out? Very sick should be your answer.
TOO SHORT finally gets his due. Short Dog is one of Hip-Hop’s independent distribution pioneers. He was moving units all throughout Cali faster than .MP3 files. Short put Oaktown on the map in a serious way. I’m glad that Vh-1 recognized this man for his game.
NAUGHTY BY NATURE is another group that is overdue from the golden age of Shout Rap. Naughty preceded Leaders of the New School, Onyx, and Das EFX as the premier group to shout in unison all their rhymes on the ends of stanzas. Considering how fast and furious Treach could deliver his rhymes you need to show that man Vin Rock some respect.
SLICK RICK will bring the house down I guarantee. Everybody in the Hammerstein Ballroom will be singing ‘La-Di-Da-Di’ like no tomorrow. Will Doug E. Fresh perform with Slick Rick as well? I hope so. I will never forget my classmate KHALID SALES bringing that cassette tape to school with Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh performing ‘The Show’. KHALID taped the performance live at the Rooftop Roller Disco. Another one of NYC’s classic lost but not forgotten landmarks.
DE LA SOUL might be the most influential group in Hip-Hop. Evar. You wouldn’t have the diversity of the genre without the seeds they planted almost two decades ago. How incredible do you think it is to be able to rhyme about just being yourself? Eminem, Wale, KanYe and every hipster rapper that has ever touched a microphone owes a debt to this collective. This is the most overdue award of all time. For once Vh-1 got their shit straight and is saving Hip-Hop. And by hook, or crook, I will be in the building to enjoy that moment.
fo’rilla!
That shit sounds officially official. Cypress’ set at last years Rock the Bells was the fuckin best show of the night, i thought. And DeLa’s this year was sick too.
Interested in seeing who reps for Short and The Ruler. No one lame, i hope. (gulp)
Ghetto Bastard will forever be my joint. Best description of hood life that did not glorify it.
“The sun never shined on my side of the street see/and only once or twice a week I would speak”
just got this from Twitter…
nahright: just finished a black ops mission with Dallas Penn and Skyzoo
wonder what thats about !
DE LA!
I am officially ALL IN. [||]
This show is going to great.
I still f*cks with Cypress Hill and De La Soul hard. Both groups still tour! That’s whats up!!
One of the best line ups of honorees to date…
Co-Sign on all of it……. How I could Just Kill A Man = Top10 Song ever!
ohhh yes
De La > Tribe
On the strength of AOI series and the Grind Date …….. Not > influentially but a better group then ATCQ
i hope to see prince paul included with- he could have a whole spot himself on that show.
Joell performing as B-Real and Juelz(or Fabolous?) performing as Sen Dog for the tribute
The problem with the hip hop honors is that after awhile you will run out of truly deserving candidates and will induct anyone just to put a show together. I love De la souls first album as much as everyone else but after that they essentially disappeared. I agree with Naughty by Nature and Slick Rick even though slick only had the one album his single with Doug E Fresh makes him deserving. Another deserving act is EPMD who should be on this show
Man, when does this air. This will be the bomb!!!
“Setting a bad example? Totally Hip Hop” LMBAO!!!!!!
Funny ish!