I never thought rappers I looked up to would ever become disgruntled like the broke ass old school rappers of yesteryear. I guess when your album’s trash, your street cred annihilated by Jay-Z, and you happen to be 4 feet tall, life sucks. Rapper Prodigy from the oh so infamous Mobb Deep, decides to post another blog today in the hopes of stirring up more controversy on the internetz and sucking every last drop of fame he once had from the masses. Here’s an excerpt from Webster’s diary (note the caps lock held down),
**Disclaimer: This article was inspired by the fact that its 2008 and NY rap hasn’t had any prominence since ’98. **
It’s no secret New York’s hip hop scene has taken a backseat to them country boys in the South. The sad thing is it has been almost 10 long years that them boys south of the mason dixon have had a grip on the game. 10 long painful years, I might add. How did we get to this point? Isn’t New York the hip hop mecca? Didn’t we invent hip hop? Sure we had Fifty and those G-Unit guys for a minute, but Fifty was pretty much rappen with a twang when he was hot back in ’03. And as for Jigga, he’s loved so much, because he’s all we got. The purpose of this discussion is to figure out why New York ain’t on top. Check out the 5 reasons NY Rap is dead. Read more
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Budden’s track “Talk 2 Em” brings up a point many younger rhymers have been feeling for a while and that is when are these old ass rappers going to roll over and die. In the 80s and 90s, the older rappers just fizzled out which allowed the younger generation to shine with the hits. This […]
The hip hop dead crew is getting on my nerves. Every day a new disgruntled rap fan from the so-called “golden era” of hip hop (1994-1996) asserts hip hop’s death by pointing to the prominence of such acts as Soulja Boy, Hurricane Chris (and which ever Southern artist has made a catchy tune at the […]
Every genre of music has been hit hard by downloading, but none more than hip hop. In fact, last year this genre’s sales fell more than 20%, in comparison to the rest of the industry which only fell 2%. The interesting thing is albums can still sell decently if they are promoted right. For instance, […]
In 2000, I said Fifty was next. In 2002, I said Sean Paul. In 2003, I said Kanye. In 2004, I said Jeezy. Right now I’m confused. I am not sure who will become the next big artist in hip hop. I have four dudes in mind, but am not 100% sure if any of […]
