bigted

I think there's a new 213 album comin' soon wit Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, and Warren G, I can't wait! :thumb:

Happy Birthday, I hope u r enjoyin' the 1st day of not being a minor anymore!

I'm feelin' the interview! :thumb:

Those were j-o-e's earlier lyrics from when he started rhymin'? Some of them are actually a'ight but he's improved a lot now though.

This was a great battle! Everyone that battled wit me did a great job and I liked that the voting wasn't secretive this time, by seeing the votes gives it more of a reality feel to it. :thumb:

Here's the story of when Big Ted started writing rap songs, it all started on one day in April of 2000 when I was 15 years old, there was this girl that I liked in school when I was a freshman and she liked rap a lot too so I decided to start rappin' to impress her, I didn't like her 4 2 long after that point but that didn't stop me from writing rap songs, she wasn't feeling my style but a lot of my friends back then were, I wasn't that serious back then wit rapping, I went under the rap name of Phat Teddy back then(only the cats that knew me back then in school would know that), but about a year later my best friend gave me the rap name Big Ted and I've kept that name since. Since the end of 2000 I've been writing at least one song a week(sometimes 3 or 4 back when I was a senior in high school I wrote a lot), for about the 1st year my rhymes were about average, but after September 11, 2001 when terroists hit America and my grandma passed away 3 months later I've gotten more serious in my rap style, my songs are now like songs that Chuck D or KRS-ONE would write, when I look back at songs I wrote 4 years ago I go "damn was that really me, how could i have wrote this crap?". I started freestylin' on the school bus against my friends everyday and in the lunch rooms too, it was so much fun! :thumb: But since I graduated from high school I barely write 2 or 3 songs a month 'cause I've been working a lot, they're very high quality songs though, so even at that pace that's still at least 2 albums a year, a lot of my songs are from life experiences and are very personal 2 me, and that means more to me than a record deal, when I see a lot of the music industry is phony I don't wanna be like them, I'll be happy wit sharing my rhymes wit a few peeps, and I don't plan on stop rapping either no matter what profession I am 'cause like KRS-ONE said "Rap is something you do but Hip-Hop is SOMETHING YOU LIVE!

So Vanilla Ice is the winner of the worst MC of all time competition right?

Very well done! :thumb:

I like the song, you did a great job expressing your feelings, is that a true story? It reminds me of how I feel about a girl that I know, we talk a lot and I like her a lot but sometimes I feel like I'm wasting my time on her and I don't know why I feel that way sometimes. :dunno: The only suggestion I make is go over the song and say it out and you'll see that a couple lines you could add or take out certain words and it'll flow better, other than that though great job! Keep on speaking from your heart and you'll get better! :thumb:

[quote=bigted,Apr 22 2004, 05:58 AM]Some of my favorite musical artists are Boyz II Men, Guy, Blackstreet, Dru Hill, K-Ci and Jo-Jo,Musiq, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilara, 50 Cent,Notorious B.I.G., Biz Markie,Outkast,Kanye West,Bravehearts,DJ Kay Slay,James Brown,Jaheim,Luther Vandross, Mary J. Blidge,Amerie, Alicia Keyes, and checkthe list of my top 20 favorite rappers for the rest of my favs which is on the other post. Peace! :peace:[/quote] Since y'all were wondering who my favorite artists are I figured I would bring back an old post so I don't have to repeat myself.

2Pac ran away wit the voting, 82%, I just went back to check it out!

So who's the worst mc of all time then? I'm bringing this thread out from the dead 'cause I wanna know still what y'all think!

[quote=Da Brakes,Jul 29 2004, 08:59 AM]Nobody else gonna vote???? We only need a few more!!![/quote] Nobody else is gonna vote? I can't vote 'cause I participated in the battle so I don't wanna be biased towards myself, but everyone else should come and vote!

[quote=Da Brakes,Jul 29 2004, 08:59 AM]Nobody else gonna vote???? We only need a few more!!![/quote] Nobody else is gonna vote? I can't vote 'cause I participated in the battle so I don't wanna be biased towards myself, but everyone else should come and vote!

That's great news! I like the advertisement in the post, great way to get more peeps interested in the new single/album! :thumb:

:thumb: :drunk: Have a good one Da Brakes!!

I like the article! Charlie Mack's still keepin' it real!

[quote=JumpinJack AJ,Jul 29 2004, 10:18 PM]I would only dance 2 a Nelly song if it waz his last farwell-to-rap song. Dancing 4 joy that his wrath of ruining music in the name of rap would be over.[/quote] I really want that moment 2 come soon! I think he said in an interview that he idolized LL Cool J when he was growing up, I don't think he learned anything from listening to LL or else he would be makin' better hip-hop!

My favorite R&B group is Boyz II Men and my favorite hip-hop group is Naughty By Nature!

I hope that this album is the '04 version of Code Red and Big Willie Style, those were his most versatile albums!

[quote=JumpinJack AJ,Jul 29 2004, 02:23 PM]The lyrics were garbage and that hook drove me 2 drink. :drunk:[/quote] I would only dance to a Nelly song if I was drunk! :roll:

I work 2 jobs now, I work at the Dollar General General and Kmart stores, stocking shelves, sometimes it gets pretty tiring, but when I get 2 paychecks on Friday it's all good. I still live at home wit my parents too so I'm able to save my money a lil' better. I'm taking a college course at home too for computer programming so after I graduate from there I'll be gettin' a better paying job.

I hope his new albums doesn't even go gold! :roll:

Well beats are really supposed to be the compliment to the song, if it's a love song the beat would be mellow it wouldn't be sounding fast like a club beat like it would if you were trying to be more aggressive in your delivery. I just write emotions that I feel in my life so my rhymes are very poetic and telling a story,I don't need beats to write songs, but when I start recording my songs I already know the pace of the song so I feel that it would make sense when it comes time 4 me 2 record my songs one day it won't b hard 2 find a beat that would compliment.

I think that there's enough Will Smith greatest hits albums out already, I thought that Sony shouldn't have released "Willl Smith Greatest Hits" album out at that time, it didn't make sense to me. I didn't buy the album since I have "Big Willie Style", "Willenium", and "Born II Reign" already. How can u have a greatest hits album that spans only 5 years(1997-2002)? That's why I don't 100% like your idea AJ, but I do like that point about the unreleased tracks being released, that should be done a seperate CD. When JJ&FP reach their 20th anniversary, they should release a CD/DVD to honor their solo and group work too, it'll give fans more of an idea that Jazzy Jeff works just as hard as Will does on his music even though his solo projects don't have the same success that Will has had with his solo projects!