Ok so I lied, but you’re here now. Shameless tactics work and I’m not afraid to use them. Time to rant and rave, if you don’t like what I say it probably applies to you. If that’s the case, you should be re-reading instead of catching feelings. Blood pressure rising, breath getting short, heeeerreee we go…
Alright kiddies, it’s time for me to air it out like ya mama’s dirty drawls. Right now you are on the Internet, the World Wide Web, the so-called information highway. Allow me to emphasize that, INFORMATION. Meaning, everything you need to know is out there so use it for fuck sakes. Don’t come and try and talk some “all-time” hip-hop shit when you’ve never heard of Audio Two. I already sounded off about this on the message board. Everyone loves to ride Big L’s dick, and with good reason, the man was crazy nice. However, if you don’t know who Lord Finesse is, shut the fuck up. By L’s own admission, he patterned his style after the Funky Man. To me, you can’t even appreciate L the same way without hearing Finesse because it really puts his skills into a different perspective. What is even more troubling is that these same kids claim to be listening to the man, but how can they not know Finesse and DITC??? There was no shortage of shout outs and name drops in L’s rhymes. What the fuck did you think he was talking about??? It doesn’t stop here though, cause then the inevitable “greatest emcee of all-time” shit starts. I’m a big a fan of L as you can get, but calling a man who released one album in his lifetime the greatest to ever do it is fucking ridiculous and insulting. Snoop was ill on “The Chronic” and “Doggystyle” but then he fell the fuck off. I’m not saying I didn’t dig his other albums, but as an emcee he is a shell of his formal self. Even 50 is already getting worse by the verse. People get lazy, the fame, the money, whatever. They just don’t put it down like they used to. That is why longevity counts for so much. I’m not saying L would have fallen off, but I’m saying you never know. You just can’t compare him to KRS who is dropping his fourteenth fucking album and still rips the mic like it is his first time. Okay, I’m out of breath. Back to my original point, here you are on the Internet, use it! If you were wondering what that DITC acronym L was talking about, do a search and figure it out. If you’ve got time to post on a message board, you’ve got time to do that. You must leeeaaarrn. If you claim to love hip-hop so much, shouldn’t you try and learn as much as humanly possible? I almost shed a tear a few months back at the Kanye show when kids got open to Nore but looked around and shrugged their shoulders when Black Sheep hit. I feel like Danny Glover on some ‘I’m getting to old for this shit.’
Oh and just so you don’t take all that the wrong way…I’m not talking about the people who don’t know and are willing to listen and learn. I’m talking about the kind of kids who came around in ’98 and would argue with Kool Herc about the origins of hip-hop…
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I think the reason this shit really irks me is that it is just so exemplary of our lazy, quick fix, no initiative having, complacent ass society. Whether it is manufactured bullshit on the radio, intellectually devoid TV shows, insipid movies, or cancerous fast food, people just take whatever is put in front of their faces without questioning shit. Good little sheep being herded through pretty fields of mindless consumption all the while having your eyes poked out by the sheppard’s staff and your brain turned to mush by the fumes of the burning souls around you. I’d say it’s about time people wake up and think for themselves for a fucking change…
Chuck D for president!! Chuck D for president!!
Alright well that is about enough for me, my brain hurts. It sure is tough thinking, I’m going to throw on my favorite Nelly record and sail into blissful ignorance. Who’s with me? No one I hope, if you put up your hand then you get the gas face. I’m out like Prime Minister Pete Nice…
Since so many of you have been harassing me for another of these (you know who you are), here is a little list for you. Rewind 13 years to 1991:
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A Tribe Called Quest – Low End Theory
Gang Starr – Step In The Arena
Main Source – Breakin’ Atoms
De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead
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Ice Cube – Death Certificate
NWA – Efil4zaggin
Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill
Black Sheep – A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing
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Show & AG – Soul Clap EP
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – All Souled Out EP
Scarface – Mr. Scarface Is Back
Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91
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Compton’s Most Wanted – Straight Checkn’Em
KMD – Mr. Hood
Freestyle Fellowship – To Whom It May Concern
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What a fucking year, I had to leave off incredible albums from DJ Quik, AMG, 3rd Bass, Geto Boys, Del, Leaders of the New School, Naughty By Nature, Nice & Smooth, Organized Konfusion and Tim Dog.
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