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I have nothin' against anybody here that likes Em, it's your taste, but I feel that he's one of the reasons the rap game is right now, you can't complain the state of the rap game if you're a fan of somebody like Em that puts out meaningless songs 90% of the time, maybe one or 2 songs he might do a song like "Toy Soldiers" or "Sing For The Moment" but on the rest of the albums are a joke, nothing but negativity potrayed so that makes him look hypocritical, 50 Cent does the same thing, he talks about how much he loves Rakim and then he does trash songs, if you love Rakim why'd do something so foul? Rakim's one of the most positive rappers ever. If you wanna display a positive message you do it throughout the album like a real mc does but Em is lost, so obviously he doesn't mean what he said in those 2 songs, that'd be like Will doing a song like "Lost and Found" and then start talkin' about killin' somebody on the song after, wouldn't that look stupid? :shrug: Keep in mind what Kool Herc said in the "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" book, and ask yourself is Eminem really keepin' it right or is he a hypocrite? “Hip-hop has always been about having fun, but it's also about taking responsibility. And now we have a platform to speak our minds. Millions of people are watching us. Let's hear something powerful. Tell people what they need to hear. How will we hear the community? What do we stand for? What would happen if we got the hip-hop nation to vote, or to form organizations to change things? That would be powerful. Hip-hop is family, so everybody has to pitch in. East, west, north, or south-we came from one coast and that coast was Africa. This culture was born in the ghetto. We were born to die. We're surviving now, but we're not yet rising up. If we've got a problem, we've got to correct it. We can't be hypocrites. That''s what I hope the hip-hop can do, to take us all to the next level by always reminding us: It ain't about keeping real, it's about keeping it right.” I'm scared of what hip-hop will become with all these kids listening to 50 and Em, positive and talented young brothers like me won't get a record deal if there are any of us left after a while. Now sometimes I have beef with the repeated subject matter that Jay-Z has but he never raps about killing his family members or makes fun of other celebrities, only when he's battlin' other rappers, and he got a great flow plus respects all the pioneers like Will Smith and LL and doesn't turn to diss them so I could respect him more than I could 50 or Em 'cause not only do they have lil' talent, they're also really annoying.

I added more and put it into song form: “Compromise”(Part II) Written By Big Ted Chorus: I'm crying out for a compromise My heart starts to die When I hear about this violence all the time That's why throughout my life I'm gonna try to fight for my rights We have to work out a compromise So we won't all fall victims to the demise Verse One: I give you a call, I wanna work I've got the balls to call you a jerk If you ignore the message of my respectful word, the least you could do is reply with an answer, And you wonder why I ain't gonna kiss Uncle Sam and start smokin' herb You wanna get me high so I could start to studder and a ****ed up mentality so I won't remember What do you mean I didn't qualify, here's a copy of my diploma sir How could I not be what you'd like to hire? Maybe it's 'cause the ones on your staff don't have the heritage from what I was born Yeah I get it, I lay out my hand for you and that's how you treat me? My plan was for us to be cool but now you wanna beat me? How dare you go out there and disrespect me You have no care for the ingredients I put into this recipe I put a lot of sweat and tears, this is more than just a thought This isn't about how much I got either from what I bought This is about us comin' together before our relationship gets lost I guess you'll only care about the emotion I poured when you come off soft You'd still wanna knock me out even if I decide to give you the keys of my house We could share it, but then you start comparisons, about how I won't ever win Just 'cause of the color of my skin, you wanna take advantage of my predicament You would rather leave me dying, I want us to be a unity surviving Why can't you even start realising that we need to start trying To come together and spend some time and sign this contract dotted line I ain't trying to be doing crimes I wanna make a living through this rhyme And touch some spirits that're feelin' declined So no matter what you tell me I'm keepin' my pride Even if you never wanna be on my side [Repeat Chorus] Verse Two: There's “More To A Song” like my man DMX said It occurs that our thoughts matter but we're ignored until the radio plays our records There's a lot of chatter but the pain will get endured when you lose the weight to measure What it takes for us to grow up and maintain better Than the place we're used to being Whoever wants to stay caged in will feel deceived The ignorance want motivate any positive feelings Sitting with the numbness will penetrate your bleeding Stop worrying about competition while your friends need to be eating Pass the ball when you're facing double teaming There's more to life than selling drugs, making the basketball team, and mc'ing There's a bigger world than the street corner you're seeing Shatter the walls of hate with a loving feeling That's the only soultuion that'll concentrate on what you're needing When it's time to roll, you gotta look inside the soul That blindness will take its toll, you'll find the wrong fate before you reach your goals Say your grace before you eat that buttered roll, people try to censor me from getting outta control If you don't like what I say use your remote control 'Cause there are some out there that appreciate the intelligent flow There's more of a spirit to unite intelligent people when I anaylze my goals It's time to hear a great rap that has nothing to do with clothes or hoes On what planet will it get airplay though? I wanna know? Intelligence exists, I ain't gonna dumb it down for the kids If you keep them down how are they gonna learn anything? We gotta teach to reach for more than just sporting plenty of bling It takes food for thought to make somebody a king Until the day that happens we'll be struggling to live Get an education to lead and stop smuggling Don't end up in a penetentury from hustling Don't compromise to the point where society dumps us to the pits Pick up a book, the lesson will teach you to be bigger than a crook That doesn't know the way to look, moving blindly is like writing a watered down hook [Repeat Chorus]

-"Just think, just think, what if Malcolm X returned or Dr. King returned, tell me what have we learned? As we takin our turn, tell me what have we earned or is the ice and the cars our only concern Mo' money, mo' money, you be yellin it out And on TV can't you see you be sellin us out So in 2010, look to 2002 Who you think they gonna respect, me or you?"-KRS-ONE "Take It To God"

Hey smootb you just don't understand that Eminem is a horrible example for hip-hop, he might be able to write long verses but his songs are meaningless except for a couple, he overdoes it a lot of times and sounds boring to listen to, Will is the perfect example for hip-hop, Em has no character, some of Will's verses might be short just like Pac's and Run-Dmc's but I'd say they have more heart, their songs have strong and positive concepts to them, and that's what's the problem with hip-hop now, rappers are more concerned with jumbling words together than they are about the message they're potraying and working on their flow, I'm sorry but there's something wrong with you if you approve of rappers that're making songs about killing your mother, killing your wife, making fun of every celebrity that's more successful and talented than him(I don't think every hip-hop fan likes pop music but that doesn't mean it's not talent, it's just not our taste, we shouldn't diss other music artists just 'cause we don't personally like them nah mean, I don't care if you listen to me and listen to Britney Spears as long as you listen to me, hip-hop reaches all people, Britney Spears doesn't reflect my style and my style don't reflect Britney Spears, I do my thing and she does hers, no need to diss, it's all love), and calling people fags isn't hip-hop, it's a joke, hip-hop is not a gimmick, hip-hop is not record sales, hip-hop is music that reflects the soul and Eminem has no soul when you take away the gimmicks and record sales, he might've been a great battle rapper back in the days, big f****n' deal, 50 Cent was too but what is he doing now? Will Smith won a lot of battles in the streets too back in the days but has stayed consistant throughout his entire career, you can't live off of the past so much if you suck now, 'Eminem Show' was garbage and so was 'Encore', 'Marshall Mathers LP' was his last good one but even half of that was a gimmick, I like some of his underground stuff like 'Infinite' but that doesn't even have s*** on what Will's done, Em's still one of the worst ever to me. These chart rappers sold out a long time ago and that's real, f*** those gimmick MTV rappers like Eminem, Nelly, and 50 Cent, true mcs like Will, LL, and KRS could rip all of them, no matter how much or lil' Will sells he stays true to himself and his art and doesn't do no gimmick to sell records, he's just a great entertainer bottomline. Em dissin' Will is one of many reasons I don't like him, you want some real hip-hop, buy some De La Soul and Nas, that's music with heart, not music that makes me feel like crap! :therain:

RIP 2Pac, it's amazing that it's been 9 years already, the state of hip-hop has gone down for the worst, it's a shame though that most of the people who started to get into Pac didn't start getting into him until he died, it was unfortunate that I only got to hear the Death Row stuff of Pac at that time since I was starting to get into hip-hop in '96 but over the years I checked out a lot of his older stuff and it's his best work that displays who he really is, I guess sometimes it's hard to appreciate how talented an artist is until they're gone but Pac is loved by those who've heard his songs and his music'll live longer than us just like Will's and every other rapper that puts a message in their music, because what he talked about is timeless and a lot of this crap out now'll eventually die away, Pac was one of a kind.

I think that stil wasn`t a diss..Thats just fun!If it would be he also disse his Fans in that Line and i don`t think that was his meaning :lolsign: ←

Well what do you expect from somebody that raps about killing his wife and his mother? He's a sick bastard or at least he potrays himself as that and he needs to see a physciatrist, I mean Will had problems with his ex-wife and probably had disagreements with his parents too but he doesn't threaten to kill the mother of his child or the ones that had him, no matter how bad people might treat you, you have to show some sort of respect for them and not sell them out like that, I wrote songs about girlfriends pissing me off and I might've said some things out of frustration, but I don't think I'd release them out of respect that I used to have love for them and I don't want to put our dirty laundry on the airwaves, I don't want people listening to me to get inspired to kill the person that they're having problems with, you gotta work out your problems for the better, grow up Em, this is life! :therain:

Well no album gets perfect reviews from everybody, people even diss "Paid In Full", "Reasonable Doubt", "He's The DJ...", and "It Takes A Nation Of Millions..." type albums(at least the ones who don't have a brain to understand good music) giving a 4 out 5 is a good review, that's what I'd give it too, they didn't even bother to review "Lost and Found" so I think Will should bumrush the Vibe office! :pony: There's an article in there though where r&b songwriters that Jazzy Jeff discovered mention that Eminem told Will that he inspired him to do storytellin'. btw, I agree with Trevor Nelson if he was out 15 years ago when MC Hammer, JJFP, Tribe Called Quest, and LL were all dominating the airwaves he'd be average in fact less 'cause he was somewhat influenced from them as well.

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Well some rappers do all they could do just to sell more albums, even sell out on the people that influenced them, Canibus had no right to say that he'd stick a gun to LL's head either, I don't care if it's a battle, LL is a legend and you don't diss him that way, I could see if he's battlin' Ja Rule 'cause he's around the same age and status that he is, LL paid his dues and influenced rappers for so many years, KRS' the same way, Will's the same way, I wouldn't over my dead body consider saying something to hurt the people that influenced me even if we battle, I'll say a punchline more intelligent than say f*** you and I'm gonna kill you, I don't wanna wish death of my favorite mcs even if my records don't sell. Did y'all ever listen to that speech that KRS made in the UK a couple months ago? It's posted over on the BBC.com site, peep out the quote that KRS made, it's relevant to what Will said in the Playboy interview, does Eminem really go around cursing people out and making fun of people all day? I don't think so, his music doesn't reflect his life so he isn't a great example of hip-hop, hip-hop reflects life, it's not about selling records, it's about being yourself.: "Most people don't look at their lives like this and that's why they suffer because there's a cause and an effect and the effect to those causes, if you only exist in the effects you're cool as long as everybody else is in the effects, but when the true schooler of hip-hop shows up that is standing in the cause itself you melt down, Nelly! Just to give you a comparison, this is where the strength comes from, sure you could sell 10 million, 20 million records, the people know where your tree begins. This is why it's unfair to those who are commercially successful in hip-hop, so bogus to say they're hip-hop, those who are commercially, it's unfair to them because they don't know true hip-hop, hip-hop is a consciousness, it's not a CD. A CD is an effect of the consciousness, before anything is made you have to think it, you create it, hip-hop is a consciousness, it's a way of being. How do you be hip-hop? You be yourself, some people say: “What is that? Hip-hop is a simple thing man, you rhyme, your lyrics.” Here is the comparison right here: What is hip-hop? The ability to self-actualize, What is hip-hop? The ability to change subjects and objects when describing your consciousness, I'll get back to that. What is hip-hop? Hip-Hop is the true you, what do I mean by that? Now this part I'm going back to is self-empowerment in hip-hop, I'll leave you on this note."

I wasn't saying that as hating Kanye but I was making that as constructive criticism, Kanye is not in the same league as Jay-Z and Nas, they're in that league with Will: the hall of fame of hip-hop, Kanye did enough not to embarass himself though I'll admit but Jay-Z and Nas stole the show somewhat like they usually do, Cam'ron is impressive, that's the best verse I heard from him in a while, I'm not a huge fan of his but if he keeps spitting verses like that I'll start buying his albums too. btw, here's Vibe's review for "Late Registration": Late Registration By Serena Kim, Vibe October 2005 Issue "West Keeps His Ideals Lofty On Late" 4 Vibes Out Of 5(Superior) When Kanye West strikes that right combination of social consciousness and street credability, the message in his medium is magical. West landed a song about Jesus on the radio, and here, on the exhilaratingly original "Diamonds From Sierra Leone," he's the first mainstream rapper to draw a connection between music-industry ice and Africa's endemic political and economic crises. And that message is even louder when he gets Jay-Z on the remix. But despite this exciting lead single, don't expect Late Registration to blow your brains. Maybe it's because West already transformed urban music from top to bottom with last year's "The College Dropout" and in his more recent beats for John Legend and Common. With a flair for drama and a rapacious sampling of old soul, West started a much-needed intergenerational conversation. And his most brilliant contribution was expressing self-doubt when swagger was the norm. Thuis time, West ambitiously attempts to depart from the street sensibilities of Dropout by giving Late Registration a shiny, quasi-alt-pop finish. Still, the album's recurring theme is a familiar one for West fans: "How can something that's to be bad make me feel so good?" While it is the quintessential ip-hop dillemma, his repeated mea culpa on materialism is tiring. Like your skinny friend who won't shut up about her weight-either love it or leave it or leave it alone. In his earlier work, West was trying to prove that he was as street as he was conscious, and now that he's proved himself(and rubbed our faces in it), he's more confortable taking his prodigious musicality to soaring new heights. Equipped with a grandiose vision and an expert ear, West experiments with darkly rendered marchig-band drums, sweeping orchestral vistas, and chopped-and-screwed-meets-G-funk. Marron5's Adam Levine makes a surprise appearance on "Heard 'Em Say" and delivers a straight-up R&B performance. "Gone" highlights Cam'Ron's gritty and ignorant cameo, which contrasts nicely with West's tightly would braininess. Even after Consequence drops a crisp verse, the song morphs from its frenetic soul piano loop to an explosion of strings, replete with harps and cellos. It's one of many songs that have abrupt musical shifts reminiscent of the Beatles' experimental stage. Late is also more thematically focused than The College Dropout. It's packed with big ideas about black power and hypocrisy and populated with memorably drawn: personalties: a golddigger who's "got a baby by Busta"; a bejeweled 16-year old stunner on the extremely dope "Drive Slow," featuring GLC and Paul Wall. But, there are still too many touchy-feely songs. On the gratingly folksy "Hey Mama," West comes off like the obedient grandson who practices piano inside while the bad kids spit ciphers on the block. When he's less earnest, things are more fulfilling. On "Celebration," West gets chuckles with, "We was practicing till one day your ass bust through the package/And you know what though? You my favorite accident." He sounds more relevant when he joins the street kids instead of pandering to grandmas, Grammys, and grammarians. West wins when he keeps his ideals lofty. It's a thin line between commercial and conscious, between G.O.O.D. and bad, and that's bad meaning good.

:word: Eminem was good when he came out but a lot of wack rappers were good when they came out(I.E. 50 Cent, Mase, etc.) and the thing is like I said yesterday, every rapper that gets a record deal has talent 'cause there's millions that want one but can't get it, so when I say the 6 worst rappers I'm not sayin' that they don't have talent, they just don't have massive talent like the great ones, I'd rank KRS 200/100, Rakim 125/100, Will 100/100, LL 99.9/100, Pac 97/100, Chuck D 96.9/100, Vanilla Ice 5/100, 50 Cent 10/100, Mase 13/100, Trina 13.5/100, Tony Yayo 15/100, Eminem 20/100, Nelly 20.1/100, there's a lot of mcs that don't sell 30 million but'd rip these chart rappers like Eminem, 50 Cent, and Nelly, you throw him in a battle with KRS, Rakim, LL, Hieroglyphics, Masta Ace, Supastition, OC, Skillz, Jean Grae, Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow, MC Shan, MC Hammer, Busta Rhymes, Talib Kweli, Biz Markie, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Mos Def, Heavy D, Wyclef, Lauryn, Flava Flav, Run-Dmc, Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick, Pras, Guru, Diamond D, Treach, Vinnie, Paris, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Az, Fat Joe, Common, MC Lyte, Monie Love, Queen Latifah, Redman, Nas, Jay-Z, DMX, and at least 100 more high skilled mcs, if Biggie, Big L, and Pun came back from the dead wit Pac they'd too, even Ja Rule could beat him(your momma's on drugs/your wife's a slut/what's Hailey gonna be when she grows up?) let alone them, he'd get burned and run out of the ring crying shown on MTV so the world would recognise who the real rap gods are! Will Smith and Pac are the only highly talented rappers to sell 30 million with 100% talent, 0% gimmicks and could hang with all of those rappers I mentioned they might even lose some but they'd all be competitive battles, Em is not competitive enough, he's a gimmick, 90% of Eminem's sales are from gimmicks, 10% from talent since he got signed, 50 Cent is 95% gimmicks and 5% talent since he got signed, it's like they kiss butt to sell records, "Lost is when you're a slave to the biz/with no care to what you're saying to kids)

That's... not going to happen... ← The only rapper that could compete with 50 Cent on the charts is Kanye West at the moment, maybe DMX could give him a run too when his album drops.

Nas and Jay-Z totally outshined Kanye though right? If Will did a song with them he'd be able hang to with them on the track better than Kanye could! :stickpoke:

Eminem might be one of the 6 worst rappers of all time! :rofl: Will did a song with Lil' Kim too so is she the most talented female rapper? :stickpoke: I think the "Born To Reign" song was directed towards Em 'cause he disses rappers that make meaningless songs. Em's last album is horrible and he repeats himself so much, all he does is the same s*** over and over to piss people off by dissin' people, talkin' about his wife, talkin' about his daughter, his songs are too predictable, why do kids buy this crap? "Encore" might be the most overrated album since Vanilla Ice's "To The Extreme". Will puts different concepts in all of his albums, Eminem is one of the fakest rappers ever, his flow is annoying too, you wanna hear a real flow listen to rappers like Heavy D, Wyclef, and Treach, he's only famous 'cause he has a lot of white kids from TRL listen to him, he don't have no street credability, f*** Eminem. Top 6: Rakim, KRS, Will, LL, Pac, Chuck D, 6 worst: Vanilla Ice, 50 Cent, Mase, Trina, Tony Yayo, Eminem :gettinjiggywitit:

I think it's foul when rappers try to make a battle too personal, why the hell would Canibus talk about wanting to put a gun to LL in front of his kids and wife? That's foul! :therain: : "Now watch me rip the tat from your arm Kick you in the groin, stick you for your Vanguard award In front of your mom your 1st, 2nd and 3rd born Make your wife get on the horn call Minister Farrakhan" I like the way LL replied back though, it was classy :lolsign: : "Don't ever open your mouth and mention my seeds Talk about my book you bought to read You know you watch the sitcom n---- so stop that Mad rapper, but now you turned mad actor Forty-nine pounds and tryin to be a monster Run around town with the Bob Marley imposters Ask Canibus, he ain't understandin this Cause ninety-nine percent of his fans, don't exist"

Yeah I saw an add for that, what time was it on? I wanna look out for that show, it was on Fox right?

Here's the rest of the article for those who care: "-Musiq, "Just Friends" Ivan: I did "Just Friends" with Jill Scott in mind, but she wasn't feeling it. When I first met Musiq, he heard that joint and went crazy. But then he pulled a dissappearing act for about a year. He was homeless, sleeping from couch to couch. When we finally caught up with Musiq, it was history. It made everything happen for all of us. -Jill Scott "Family Reunion" Carvin: Jill has everything in her mind, how she wants it, so you can't really write with her. Ivan will have a track, and she'll come with her concept and start writing, and you just gotta be able to catch if anything falls. I didn't know what direction she wanted to go. But as it came about, she was giving a picture of her family reunion. Ivan: It all happened without any cuts. It's like one long scene without any edits. -Mario "Like Me Real Hard" Carvin: When you see these child stars growing up, you think their image is made up and they're not the artists they're potrayed to be. But this guy is sincere. This song came out when a friend of mine was like, "You think you'll fall in love with me?" I said, nah, right now I'm in the position of liking people, so I'll probably like you real hard. -Faith Evans "Again" Carvin: When we sat down with Faith, I told her: people don't want to hear another song, I think you should put your life out there. She was like, "Yo, I'm wide open. Let's go." Originally, as you know, the second verse was, "In ATL I caught a case/Wendy Williams tried to say/I was an addict/With a habit.../Now all the rumors got to stop/No, I didnt have no two 'Pacs." But Faith said, "There's no way I could do that to Wendy Williams because she has actually been down for me." And she was like, "I'm not giving 'Pac no props on my record. I'm not having that." So I rewrote the second part." So Will's not the only one having issues with Wendy Williams, lol. I say this issue's worth picking up when you get a chance 'cause there's a nice tribute to Luther Vandross in there too! I find it kinda ironic that Vibe said that Will sounds like Em and now Carvin and Mario come forward to say something, maybe JJFP saw it and told them to mention that for them! :lolsign:

Wouldn't it just be the best news ever if you arrived there and there is a sign "50 cent will no longer be appearing" ← Well if this is a charity event 50'll probably pull out just like he did for Live 8 so there's no need to worry about it 'cause he'll come up with another exuse not to do it! :damnyou: Nice to hear Will performing there and giving back again! :thumbsup:

"You know they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on tha streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get caught Shot up or shot down with tha bullet that he bought Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about what tha streets do to me Cause they never talk peace in tha black community All we know is violence, do tha job in silence Walk tha city streets like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers daily heading for tha big penn Niggas commin' out worse off than when they went in"-2Pac "Trapped"

This is all part of Em's plot to be famous, maybe if we all stop talkin' about him dissin' people there won't be nothin' worth discussing with him anymore, I'm sick of this bulls***, it needs to go back to talent selling, not controversey, Em should stop dissin' people and focus on skills, grow up Em! :paperbag:

Will needs to do something controversial to sell albums, talent doesn't do it anymore, Jam Master Jay would cry if he were alive today to see what 50 Cent has become, another hip-hop gimmick, well it ain't his fault, like Aunt Vivian said in the FPOBA "I just get them to the alter but after that they're on their own", it's the same way with this, "I got 50 his record deal but after that he's on his own"! :gettinjiggywitit: :mad:

Well I think those critics need a hip-hop history lesson, Will is the pioneer not Eminem, just 'cause Eminem's the 1st white rapper to do it doesn't make him any more special, Will was one of the first rappers to do it period, end of story, I remember Tim tellin' me that Hieroglyphics beat Em in a freestyle battle 10 years ago, the truth needs to brought to light that Em is not this rap god that people think he is! :stickpoke: btw, saying f*** you to somebody is not a hip-hop battle, that's fightin' words, I don't take that crap, just like one time I was battlin' somebody in a freestyle battle and he was dissin' my grandmother so I beat his ass, there's certain things you don't say!

I was just searching through the forum for that Playboy interview from 2001 that AJ posted here earlier this year, he talks about how Eminem doesn't really reflect his life in his music 'cause he's just being silly all the time making fun of people, what does dissin' Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, and Will Smith have to do with your life? Maybe he's just mad that Will and Michael wouldn't do a song with him and Britney don't give him no play! :lolsign: : "PLAYBOY: What do you think of the hard-edged rap being made now? Could you see yourself doing that kind of music? PRINCE: I have to live as who i am. I create the music that's in my heart. I talk about the things i feel, and i am in a position that a lot of guys aren' in. I don't have to rap for money. I make what i want the way to make it. It's hard for me to outwardly condemn people for trying to feed their families. PLAYBOY: Are you concerned withsome of the messages in these songs? PRINCE: The bottom line is that a lot of people who have been blessed with this forum aren't really smart. I have educated myself beyond a lot of my peers in the rap world, and, more than anything, here's my beef: I understand what you are saying and what you feel, but the world is begger than what you are rapping about. Just rap about more topics in your world. You mean to tell me, all day long, all you do is smoke blunts, have sex and kill people? You never do anything else? You have never one time in your life really liked somebody, never been soft and acted spun-out over some girl? You never sat outside some girl's house hoping she isn't with somebody when she comes home? Let me hear that story. PLAYBOY: Yor're saying that too much rap is one-sided? PRINCE: Absolutely. We were in a village in Mozambique. Jay-Z and Tupac were scribbled on the walls of a shack with no running water and no electricity. Rap music is black America's contribution to the world, and that is who people around the world thing black Americans are. They represent me. I have less of a problem with Eminem. He is really creative but so far over the top that it's clearly a farce. Eminem isn't trying to make people believe that's really how he lives his life every day. Eminem is silly, having a good time, and he doesn't affect my community. PLAYBOY: Whose work do you most admire? PRINCE: There are alot of guys underground who have skillz, but Jay-Z is the most talented mainstream Hip-Hop lyricist. I just think there are more topics he could explore. He is smart, so i know he will."

I think all hip-hop heads know this already, the kids need to learn though, like I said last week I think that of white kids didn't buy "Willenium" as much as they did "Big Willie Style" 'cause they were mad that Will dissed their new hero Eminem by sayin' rappers shouldn't rap about killin' and curse so much in their songs, Eminem took that as a diss as a gimmick to get all the white kids to buy his albums. :paperbag: