Deeper Than Rap!!!

This isn't beef. It ain't even war. It's just embarrassing, homie. C0mca5t and I can't even call this a war of words, this is... a war of livelihoods... of credibility!

William Leonard Roberts II AKA Rick Ross Vs. Curtis James Jackson III AKA 50 Cent

This is the most serious beef I have ever seen. Maybe because many of the most scathing attacks have not come from diss tracks, but interviews and videos. It also happens to be the most RIDICULOUS battles EVER, maybe because of the way in which it began... but also in the way the participants (considering their checkered past) have carried them out.

"Rick Ross is doing good. I also complimented him that he had the #1 album. I said, 'Just don't stand too close to this fat piece of sh*t.' I'm saying that because of what [Joe's] trying to do. He runs to Miami and hangs out with them like he's running Miami? Does Fat Joe run Miami? I don't think Fat Joe runs Miami. I think people from Miami would be upset you're even questioning that. The fact he can influence DJ Khaled on the radio, does that mean Fat Joe runs Miami? ... I don't care if [Khaled] ever plays my records. He's not important enough to what I'm doing for it to matter. Not to say Miami doesn't count. He doesn't count for it to matter to me."
-50 Cent, March 31, 2008

Boy I wish Rawse listened. He started all this sh*t really. We all know what 50 Cent is capable of, he mentions what he is capable of. He was attempting to attack Lil Wayne, but he was not dumb as Ricky Ross and unwilling to become a marketing ploy for "Before I Self Destruct." The video was not out yet, but I figure I'll post it now without doing it twice. This ends short, but whatever... the diss is mentioned.



I love to pay a bill, can't wait to pay a rent/
Curtis Jackson baby mother ain't asking for a cent/
Burn the house down, gotta buy another/
Don't forget the gas can, jealous stupid motherf*cker

2 and a half bars set off the biggest beef in years. Never has 50 Cent been as THOROUGH since... like... Ja Rule!

More to come...

>KABOOM<

20 Questions (February 2009)

So I'm a little early with the 20 questions, seeing as how it's January 11 and this is the February issue.

Sue me.

I'm a little excited about this issue however. My favorite artist (f*ck rapper or producer, despite what the cover says) is featured, Kanye West! I sound madd excited by I'm not... my heart was broken... 4 or 5 hours before I posted this blog, and I related to 808s & Heartbreak way more than I did 6 or 7 hours before. More on that later.

But I digress... 20 Questions! I think they're pretty lame btw, but hopefully I won't be as bad.

1. How many people have already broken their New Year's resolution?
Ha! You have to had MADE a New Year's resolution to break it!

2. Did T-Pain really call someone a copycat?
Yep. And I think he meant it.

3. If Chris Brown and Rihanna's matching tatts don't make things official, what will?
He calms his cheating *ss down and actually stay faithful. But you didn't hear that from me.

4. Plaxico Burress: When keeping it real goes wrong?
I'm gonna be real: If the Giants don't WIN the Super Bowl, I'll shoot him.

5. Aren't you secretly hoping the Obamas pick a Rottweiler as their White House dog?
As much as I had hoped Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson would pray at Barack's Inauguration.

6. Why do we keep hearing that all of Jodeci is getting back together?
Yall keep listening for some reason. A better question is, why do you care?

7. What happened to Christina Milian's singing career?
Same thing that happened to her acting career.

8. Isn't Ripley's portrait of Eminem (made from M&M's) brilliant?
Eminem portait of M&M's, fitting and delicious.

9. When did Law & Order and CSI turn into resume builders for rappers- turned- actors?
Somewhere between Ice-T and Ludacris.

10. Are you sipping NUVO yet?
No, that sounds dirty, like Nuva Ring.

11. Can rappers please, please, please, (pretty) please stop creating clothing lines? (No, not Clipse, too!)
Yeah this is pitiful. It's not even like it's high scale like Pharrell's Billionaire Boy's Club or urban chic like Sean John and Rocawear, it's Wal-Mart brands like Master P's crap.

12. Are people done pretending Beyonce's new album is better than Solange's?
Are we going to start pretending that it actually matters if Solange's was better?

13. After Dedication 3, is Lil Wayne the "Best Skitmaker Alive," too?
Don't go there. I don't care if you got navigation don't go THERE! I love a b*tch with glasses too, Weezy!

14. Shouldn't 50 collect and endorsement check for suing Taco Bell?
After losing those few million dollars to the recession, he can use the money.

15. Don't you wish more artists were like Kanye and pushed their album release dates up instead of back?
I wish more artists were like Kanye and put out good music.

16. And who do we have to holler at to cop a pair of Air Yeezy's?
I thought you didn't care for any rapper's clothing line... hypocrite!

17. Won't it be cool to see The Roots as the house band for Jimmy Fallon's late-night show?
Who the f*ck is Jammy Fallon?

18. Is Black History Month still relevant?
Why do we need the shortest month in the year when we have the highest office in the land now? BI-YOTCH!

19. Why doesn't Carmelo Anthony talk to Allen Iverson about those tired braids?
If he doesn't get it by now, he just ain't gettin it.

20. Shouldn't Jim Jones and Juelz Santana be pouring champagne on the girls in the "Pop Champagne" video instead on each other?
In the words of Dipset, "No homo."

>KABOOM<

50 Cent Vs. Lil Wayne... Finally

Louisianimal ft. Lil Boosie - Lil Wayne

It has finally started, 50 Cent has to put a record out... I mean, the beef between he and Lil Wayne has ignited. Yay, another war between Black men with money, because they didn't like what each other said about them. While I believe this beef started looong ago (read below), people believe that Fiddy took the first shot when he called Weezy a "whore" for appearing on everyone's records and questioned his sexuality for kissing Baby in that picture years ago.

Those are fighting words for sure.

"The Best Rapper Alive" (smh) didn't want no parts of beef with the G-Unit General. At first he took the whore insult as a compliment, stating that he likes being a whore because it is a man that sleeps with everyone. He would have been more insulted if he was called a ho because they can be taken advantage of. Really? Now I paraphrased that, so I'm sure the actual quote is so much more ignorant.

Later he admitted he just didn't want beef with 50 Cent. It was okay, that gorilla is a career killer. However, the beatdown "Curtis" received at the hands of "Graduation," the loss of Young Buck and the platinum-in-a-week Carter III might have changed the tides.

In any case, " Louisianimal " began making rounds on the internet, as well as appearing on "The Drought is Over Pt. 6" mixtape. In it, Lil Wayne proclaims defiantly, "All about a dolla, f*ck two quarters/B*tch I'll pour syrup in that Vitamin Water/I hope you die ugly, and tonight will be gorgeous."

Although message boards and blogs have claimed the track was old and leaked, 50 did not retaliate, but is now addressing the matter in an interview. "It doesn’t matter if it’s old or not. Now I know how you feel,” said 50. "I'll leave it like it is right now and wait till I'm comfortable and then I’ll do what I do. Think about it, no one from his camp said it was a leak. We could assume it was leak but he's a celebrity. If it was a leak, he would come out and say something."

I’m really not surprised by this. 50 came at Ja Rule and Murder Inc. for “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” He came at Fat Joe, Jadakiss and NaS for The Massacre. The previously mentioned “Curtissssss” was marketed against Kanye West. Obviously Lil Wayne is his next ploy for “Before I Self Destruct.” HELL, “Power of the Dollar,” his first mixtape, featured “How To Rob,” which came at all the rappers around in 2002. It was Jay-Z’s response to that single that put this nuisance on.

Dammit Hov.

I have to sound off on this one. What actually annoys me is his response on the state of hip-hop, "I wanna bring hip hop back to where you can actually rap and sell records… The format now is to go get T-Pain or go get someone who consistently has radio airplay and hope it translate into sales for you," 50 continued. "Think about it, which average rap artist has a record out and it’s just them. You gotta respect Kanye for that; he's the only one who made his own record. He made an R&B record but it was still his own record."

This man is talking about music for the sake of sales? The entire premise of his career is based on how much he has sold and not how much he has influenced. Hip-hop is true to the art form and the message (however diluted from the artist’s real life). This man still does not understand that Jay-Z will always be more important to hip-hop AND New York City no matter how many albums he sells worldwide or how big his share of Vitamin Water is.

Also, 50 Cent is one of the main reasons that guys are collaborating with R&B artists. Actually… Ja Rule is the biggest… but ole Fiddy made it cool again. Hello? “21 Questions ft. Nate Dogg,” “Candy Shop ft. Olivia,” “Best Friend ft. Olivia,” “Ayo Technology ft. Timbaland and Justin Timberlake,” “Follow My Lead ft. Robin Thicke.” Those are just his: forget the sob stories by out G-Unit members and the R&B singles he’s featured on.

Asked if he would be experimenting on “Before I Self Destruct” like Kanye West did on “808's & Heartbreak,” 50 replied: "It's an experiment because it's me seeing whether I can go back to the original format and bring the art form back. I’m sure next year my camp is gonna be influencing a lot because they are gonna see all three of us come out next year. Me, Em and Dre."

I hope he self destructs before the album comes out. Or at least bricks afterward.

>KABOOM<