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Well rappers like LL and FP tend to make songs about what's currently going on in their lives more than Jay-Z does even though they're all known more for their club tracks, but everybody's different and has different tastes in music, Jay-Z likes to reminise off his past more so if some wanna hear more 'hood stories they'll listen to Jay-Z but if they wanna hear somethin' about everyday life in general, they'll listen to FP or LL, a lot of people buy their albums so you can't really hate on them for that.

My prayers go out to her!

Yeah this show could put Rev. Run back in the spotlight again, I'm looking forward to it! :thumb:

Guy "Spend The Night"

Hey I don't like him that much as a hip-hop artist, but I don't see nothin' wrong with LL doing love/party songs, people could relate to them, I don't see anything that would influence the kids to go down the wrong path, but with 50 Cent he raps about doing drugs, getting high, and having shootouts in the street, do we want our kids to grow up and get influenced from that, but this is only entertainment even though some don't think so, damn chill y'all! :blabla: I actually like of 50's earlier stuff before "Get Rich Or Die Trying", but I don't like a lot of his stuff now 'cause I think it's corny, I have a right to my opinion and you don't have to like LL as an artist but you should at least acknowledge that he ain't trying to be a fake gangsta just to sell albums.

Well the interview is 6 years old and Jigga probably would've learned to be more open minded but if he still says that his music is more real than Will's that'd sound awkward 'cause he's rich too and doesn't live in the streets anymore either but that doesn't mean he ain't "real" just the same as Will who's still "real" too and just 'cause he might've grew up in a tougher 'hood than Will doesn't make him more "real" either, people who say that Jigga's music is more real than Will's are ignorant 'cause both of their lives are different, I personally like Will more than Jay-Z but that's just my opinion and this is a forum so I'm gonna express it, and the thing about Will's originality, a lot of rappers bite their styles off of him by putting out party singles, Will always rap about his life in his music so I'd say that he's still an individual representin' his art but I think his most original work was the 5 albums that he did with Jazzy Jeff, even though I think "Lost and Found" is great, he needs to go back to doing what he does best and not worry about addressing haters, not everybody's gonna like him, but back in the day it was cool to be original, but now if you ain't gangsta you ain't cool or "real", so he should just continue what he does best with Jazzy Jeff: 2 turntables and a mic to rock the house with a lil' ol' school/new school flava to please all ages.

:werd: Those pics don't looked that far advanced from what PS2 is, but there is an extreme difference between PSONE and PS2, I think I'll stick with PS2 and get the games cheaper now. :poke:

Hey like I said before I could honestly care less if 50 Cent was doing drugs or not, that's his buisiness, but why does he have to talk about it so much in his music? Chuck D said in his last terrordome that he felt it's disturbing for parents to buy their kids a 50 Cent CD 'cause of the subject matter he talks on there. Adults are mature enough to not try to immitate they see or hear but children are not and the majority of the peeps that listen to 50 Cent are underage, is this the message that we want our kids to hear? This is just as disturbing as Eminem making a song about killing his wife, it's only entertainment but some kids don't think so, so if kids end up going down the wrong path 'cause of that I don't consider that keepin' it real. You're saying that he's keepin' it real 'cause he talks about it in his music, so those that don't talk about it in their music are fake? If somebody was dissin' LL sayin' he's soft, you'd say that he's wack too, I don't get why would you then turn around to defend 50 Cent this much? Hip-hop is becoming like any other pop music now, if you don't follow a certain format, that ain't keepin' it real, it used to be real to be yourself, that's why 50 Cent is a pop rapper and not a true mc 'cause he doesn't speak reality in his music, but LL is 'cause he puts his life in his music and should get more respect for doing that, just 'cause your CD doesn't have a PA sticker shouldn't make you soft!

Well like Chuck D has said many times there needs to be a proper hip-hop hall of fame in order so that the true pioneers of hip-hop could get the props that they deserve.

BBD "Thought It Was Me(BBD)", my favorite BBD song of all time, could never get tired of it

Well he should be nominated for best rapper next year after "Tell Me Why" comes out, that's good to see that he's nominated for best actor even though he might not win.

That's dope news, I'm gonna check out for it! :afro:

Was that neccessary? :poke: i agree with u Braces. i tnink Born 2 Reign was the most creative album. sometimes taking a risk and tryin 2 be creative with different styles doesn't always work so well, but there's no denying that it was his most creative album even tho it's my least favorite solo album I'd still bump "Born To Reign" more than any Jay-Z album except "Reasonable Doubt", I could say half of "Born To Reign" album is hotter than anything I've heard from Jay-Z in recent years, btw his Volume 3 album is garbage, anything you could say that Jay-Z has done original I bet I could say another rapper's done it before, even though he's been arguably the best mc out on the commercial scene at the moment, until "Lost and Found" has dropped! :poke:

Justo Faison, Founder Of Annual Mixtape Awards, Killed In Car Crash 05.16.2005 9:18 AM EDT Hip-hop promoter who began honoring mixtapes in 1995 was 36 years old. Justo Faison (file) Photo: Ray Tamarra/Getty Images The hip-hop world was dealt a crushing blow over the weekend by the news that Justo Faison — who founded the annual Mixtape Awards back in 1995 — had been killed in a car accident on Friday night. Faison's sport utility vehicle ran off of a highway in Richmond, Virginia, striking a guardrail before flipping over and slamming into a tree. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Faison, a 36-year-old New York resident whose real first name was Orpheous, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the crash occurred around 1:12 a.m., when Faison's 1998 Lincoln Navigator ran off the left side of Interstate 64, just west of state Route 716. Faison founded the annual Mixtape Awards, which acknowledged the efforts of innovative underground hip-hop, R&B and reggae DJs nationwide. This year's ceremony, held in New York on March 9, honored Bad Boy Records boss Sean "P. Diddy" Combs for his notable achievements as a hip-hop producer, as well as his contributions to the genre (see "Mixtape Awards To Honor P. Diddy As Top Executive "). The event featured performances from Kanye West and Cuban Link (see "Jadakiss Named Artist Of The Year At Mixtape Awards"). Faison was also a renowned rap record promoter, who held positions at Nervous, Atlantic and Epic Records over the course of his career.

The Rev. Run to Star in Reality Show NEW YORK - The Rev. Run is in the house. "Run's House," a reality show featuring the Rev. Run of Run DMC, his wife, Justine, and their five children, will premiere later this year on MTV, the network announced Monday. The show will give viewers "an inside look at the lives of hip-hop royalty," Brian Graden, president of entertainment, MTV Music Group, said Monday. The air date for the first show wasn't announced. In "Run's House," the Rev. Run, whose real name is Joey Simmons, must balance recording his first solo album with raising five children, ages 9 to 21. "My family is my ministry," he said in a statement. "I'm gonna raise it up with or without cameras. But I'm excited to do it on MTV." Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Russell Simmons, brother of the Rev. Run, are among the executive producers. Both Simmons brothers live in Saddle River, N.J. Russell Simmons described the show as "`Father Knows Best' on steroids." "Rev. Run is ... one of the most interesting individuals I know." Combs said. "He's going to show the world what hip-hop family life is really like."

Well all I was saying was those who set good example in society should get more credit for what they do, why can't we hear a KRS-ONE song on the radio instead of 50 Cent 'cause KRS' a man that stands by what he says on his songs, 50's a fake, even if he is a drug addict, he shouldn't brag about it so much, kids believe what they hear on the radio, he's not a good example for the youth, at least 2Pac released songs like "Keep Ya Head Up" and that situation was a gold-digger comin' after him but when that happened his sales soared, people should've listened to Pac when he was doing "Keep Ya Head Up", I'm a fan of Pac myself, I wasn't tryin' to diss him when I said that, I was just questioning why doesn't society focus on the good things that he did, they'd do nothin' but criticize him, then everyone got curious to buy his albums, he had a good heart and I didn't like how the media dogged him when some women do deserve to be called hoes by the way they act but some women deserve respect, some rappers don't respect women at all, but when LL and Will show love to women they get called soft, btw I read a lot of interviews from 50's and I never saw anything about him saying he's drug-free.

Well all I gotta say is cats like LL, KRS-ONE, Chuck D, and Will Smith should get more respect for not "allegedy" getting accused of any domestic charges, they're the only ones keepin' it real!

I'll check for that! :afro:

Great news! btw, I saw "Switch" on BET today! :thumb:

:werd: I know that you're a female mimi, don't you feel offended? It's messed up that rappers who disrespect women in their songs and call them hoes get the most street cred and rappers like Will and LL that try to show love to women get called soft. :mad8: And even 2Pac didn't sell that much albums until he went to jail, then his record sales went through the roof, society doesn't make sense! :confused3:

Will's albums are like movies too, more like Disney movies, but it seems that the only rappers that get respect are the ones that make Steven King movies for their albums, if Will cursed a few times and put drug and alcohol references in some of his songs and called "Freakin' It" "F****n' It", he'd be played on black radio as much as Jay-Z! :hilarious: What Will talked about in that "Big Willie Style" album is his real life, he makes 20 million a film, so of course he's living large and deserves to boast about it, other rappers that make less money do it get more street cred, it doesn't make sense to me! :poke: I think that Columbia ruined Will's image, he'd been better off retiring from making albums and sticking to movies, I really think he won't stop getting criticism until he does another album with Jazzy Jeff, it'd be nice if "Lost and Found" is his last solo album that'd be a nice way to usher in a new JJFP album, "I Wish I Made That" is a must to be released now! Remember though "Big Willie Style" was released around the time that Biggie and 2Pac were murdered so Will didn't wanna come with something too hard at that time, he wanted to make the music lighter in the somber times of hip-hop, but every rapper samples, even Jay-Z, this is hip-hop, it's known for sampling. There's nothin' wrong with braggin' either I love Jigga's "Love The Doe" about as much as I love FP's "Y'all Know", hip-hop's a braggin' art, I personally feel that FP has better punchlines than Jigga that's all, you shouldn't have to rap about the streets if you don't live in the streets anymore, it's good to keep the reminiscing to a minimum when you're a hip-hop vet and keep the themes current, look at "Lost and Found", "Scary Story" was the only song FP rapped about his childhood, he raps about his life now mostly but usually gets knocked for that, I don't understand why?! :confused3:

Well Will's the only one of few mcs that're "keepin' it real", a lot of rappers talk about how they're still in the streets but they're rich as hell, 50 Cent ain't the only one, but I feel these cats should stop frontin' and rap about what their life's really like not put on a fake stunt for record sales.

I don't get why Will doesn't sign more artists, he has the money to get his label going in a strong direction.

:cwm: Hey man I got no problem with Jay-Z but I ain't gonna say he's a legend, there's a thin line between good mcs and legendary mcs, he's a good mc at best, Nas is the closest mc out now to becoming a legendary mc, JJFP and LL Cool J have set the standard for commercial rappers and I don't see Jay-Z doing anything differently than what anyone else is doing and I'm gonna stick to that opinion and there's only a handful of albums that are definite classics like "Paid In Full", "Mama Said Knock You Out", "Criminal Minded", "Raising Hell", "It Takes A Nation Of Millions...", and "He's The DJ..."(people don't give JJFP enough credit for this album, they earned the 1st rap Grammy and Chuck D says so himself) so "Reasonable Doubt" is not in that class, it wasn't even the best album in '96, "All Eyez On Me" was, which I feel was truely the last classic album in hip-hop. Look man it's all love go play your Jay-Z man, I'm gonna bump some more KRS-ONE! :peace:

Here's an example of Jigga's materialistic rhymes, check out "Jigga That N***": Roc-A-Fella y'all [Jay] It's the Roc! Jigga, Jigga, that nigga Jigga [Jay] R.O., R.O.C. niggaz, R.O. Jigga, Jigga, that nigga Jigga [Jay] Hov'! R.O.C. niggaz, R.O., whoo! Jigga, Jigga, that nigga Jigga [Jay] It's Hov'! R.O.C. niggaz Jay-Z.. [Jay-Z] Come on the track duh duh da-da With a throwback jersey and a fitted Might blow a bag of hershey in the sidd-ix Or might take sips of army with a chidd-ick, I'm so sick widdit Lampin in the Hamptons, the weekends man The Stan Smith Adidas and the Campers Or playin guts on the cruise, Hermes bow shoes The Izod bucket on I'm so old school Yellow wrist watch, Gucci flip flops Six top model chicks, who is this hot? J-A, ladies help me say it now Y-Z, mami why you playin with me? Ride with me, get high as me It's how it's supposed to be, when you rollin with G's, Hov'! Back up in this bitch like whoa Jigga get this whole bitch jumpin like six-fo's [Chorus] (Hov'!) V is I, and I am him (Jigga, Jigga, that nigga Jigga!) Slim with the tilted brim on twenty inch rims (Jigga, Jigga, that nigga Jigga!) And if y'all got love for me I got love for y'all (Jigga, Jigga, that nigga Jigga!) And if y'all go to war for me I go to war wit y'all (Jigga, Jigga, that nigga Jigga!) [Jay-Z] Hov'! And so I breeze through, jeans is Evisu She's respondin, top of C. Bronson We in Luan (whoo!) gettin our groove on Buyin out the bar, on our way to Spa' She never seen a hundred on the wrist before Never seen twenty-two's on the 6 before I am, killin 'em out there, they needin first aid Cause the boy got more 6's than first grade The crib got, killer views and square feet You have to film MTV Cribs for a week So, sleep if you need to, mami I will leave you Right where you stand, nah I don't wanna dance (I'm good) I just wanna see what's in your Frankie B pants Waist is low enough to let your waist show Top like a rock star, I got a fast car We can cruise the city, doin a buck-sixty [Chorus] [Jay-Z] "He did it again!" Haters no like But they gotta f*** with it cause the flow's so tight Gnarly dude! I puff Bob Marley dude All day, like Rastafari's do Now I'm stuck to the point I could hardly move You ****in up my high, don't bother me dude But Red Rover, send your hoes over She can do WHATEVER, sip somethin with soda She can leave WHENEVER, sip somethin with Hova We can play HOWEVER, slay bed or sofa And the prognosis, sex is explosive Left her with wet bedsheets, nigga I'm focused [Chorus] [Jay-Z] R.O., R.O.C. niggaz.. R.O.C. niggaz (Roc-A-Fella y'all!)"