So a bunch of your favorite (c)rappers descended on Marietta, Georgia for Hot 107.9’s Birthday Bash. Oh joy! Shitty rap songs for all!
In any case I just want to know if it was mandatory for most of these dudes to run around the place topless, showing their cheaply done tats and their boxers, not to mention their sweaty, salty pecs and hairy bellies. Excuse me while I go masturbate…NOT.
I don’t care what anyone says. This shit right here is a little “geigh” to me if not unoriginal. Okay, so they don’t look entirely pregnant but this is the ho shit that rap has become known for. It just says, “LOOK at me!!! OOH LOOK AT ME PLEASE! I have a lot of money already and stankin’ ass girls running to me but I REALLY need you too look at me topless because this will help reinforce the image I am peddling to you that I am hard. NEVERMIND that I am showing this shit off for men too…”
I say they are just ONE thong short from being a male “revue.” You KNOW I am right.
What do Trina, Lil’ Wayne, Three Six Mafia, Omarion, Usher, Kanye West and 50 Cent have in common? Using trance inflections in their biggest hits and singles. Real talk, cats are running to trance to save them from the same old bullshit production. Peep game.
When I first heard Trina’s “Single Again,” the beat sounded familiar. They may have made some minor modifications but that trance synth is from an older trance song. I’ll be going through my catalog to find it. This has been trying! Don’t you hate when I you have a song in your head, you know it and then you can’t find the name of it? This is going to kill me the rest of the time until I find it.
Kanye West employed veteran trance hitmakers Daft Punk to assist in his last opus “Graduation.” 50 Cent had Timbaland cook up a few trance inflections for “Ayo Technology,” as did Omarion for his hit “Ice Box.” Usher used some barely noticeable trance inflections for “Love in this Club” and what made “Lollipop” so popular, aside from Wayne’s lyrics, was the beat.
I don’t know how I feel about all of these singers and rappers using trance to assist with there hopes of digging themselves out the musical doldrums. Cats tried to use rock last year to bring something “new” to the table and make more cheddar. That only worked for a minute. Does ANYONE check up on the Shop Boyz anymore? *cough* I didn’t think so.
With cats still trying to knock New York rappers for their “brainy” lyrics (I thought that’s what hip hop was supposed to be about) and the same old drum and bass shit from the Dirty South plaguing our music, it’s no wonder cats are grabbing at straws and using trance to hook up this music game.
What I will not appreciate, same way I didn’t appreciate last year with the whole “rap and rock” thing, is cats talking about they are into trance and all this, when they weren’t down with it from the beginning. These lames were wearing chains on their jeans, studded bracelets, all manner of “rock” paraphenalia and talking about they are so “rock.” People like myself were doing that a LONG time ago especially when black kids who liked rock were being teased for being “too white.” It wasn’t popular back then. I’ve earned my right to “party” like a rock star. I know my Metallica and GNR!
Thankfully the masses, particularly the black masses, were not ready to accept rap and rock melded together and whored out for money, so I didn’t have to worry about jackasses attempting to talk to me about Led Zeppelin when they couldn’t tell you not one word from “When The Levee Breaks” or “No Quarter”–and the words are in the title.
People say “Oh, they are so creative for using trance.” To an extent and it depends on who. When Weezy opted for the beat to “Lollipop” I trusted it because the cat just has that kind of swagger. I’m sure he’s enjoyed a couple blunts to Hendrix before. I wouldn’t be surprised if he dug a little trance or electronica. Someone like Trina? I highly doubt it.
Three Six Mafia sampled the trance classic–kind of like Motown songs are today–”Kernkraft 400″ by Zombie Nation. I kind of like it. Naturally I like “Kernkraft” but Three Six Mafia have always been cool with the “rock” set anyway, so I don’t doubt their “credibility.”
It’s evident that musically hip-hop has gotten to a point where it is trying to recreate itself because it’s hurting and in dire straits; real dire straits. Artists are coming and going, trends aren’t really sticking and everyone is restless for something that’s worth a damn. I’m alright with recreation, but don’t touch my trance unless you really mean it.
I like Khia. I really do. I like her because she’s entertaining as hell, slightly insane and eccentric as all shit. I love that! So when Michelle McDevitt sent over some info on Khia in lieu the release of “Nasti Muzik,” Khia’s latest “opus,” I couldn’t wait to see what delightful treats were lying in wait. Here’s a synopsis:
Khia, aka Thug Misses, is set to drop her latest album Nasti Muzik. Known for her infamous 2002 smash club hit single, “My Neck, My Back,” and her recent appearance on VH1’s Miss Rap Supreme, Khia has returned to bring her sexually-driven lyrical prowess and southern charisma to her latest album. Nasti Muzik will be released August 19, 2008 on Fat Cat Records and Tommy Boy Distribution.
Featuring Khia’s straightforward attitude and no holds barred lyrical content, her latest effort is chock full of nasty tidbits, gritty raw beats, and Khia’s knack for outrageous storytelling. On “Be Your Lady” Khia’s rhymes about her latest male conquest leave nothing to the imagination: “We f#ck in the car / We f#ck in the house / I’ll fix you breakfast butt naked while you eatin’ me out.” The scandalous lyrics are dropped over a derrty Southern beat with a head-nodding club flow. The second single, “What They Do” featuring Gucci Mane, is steeped in synth keyboards and hand claps that act as a background for Khia and Gucci’s wild stories about nights in Atlanta’s strip clubs. Khia rhymes, “Drop low to your knees / Boy whistle on it / Then put that wood on it / Come in like you paid for it.” The album also features a series of skits, both musical and comedic, that confront Khia’s haters and are sure to spark new rivalries.
If Gucci Mane is on the TRACK, it is SURE to spread through the internet like crabs in a brothel…
Enjoy the sing-along video!!! Sing it LOUDLY at work! Or in CHURCH!!!! YES!!!
This f*cka right here makes me MAD as all hell. You SEE that your eyebrows are touching. You KNOW that it looks like a caterpillar is setting up shop on your forehead, yet you do NOTHING. This bothers me. Men, PLEASE take care of your eyebrows. This is just…*grabs head* I just….wow.
I’m just saying, he looks like he belongs on Sesame Street.
I know he thinks he’s hard because he’s a rap cat and all that, but rapper or no rapper, tweaze that sh*t man.
Flo-Rida performed over the weekend for the MtvU Campus Invasion event and I’m seriously bothered by how low his pants are. I mean I know he probably sang some song about getting “low” but did he need to bring his pants down for it?
Earlier today while I was cooking, I looked through my kitchen window and saw some kid walking around with his pants so damned low he was holding the shit up as he walked. He looked like he realized he was out of toilet paper and was looking for a roll. *SMDH* PULL IT UP! Nobody wants to see your ass crack…
The homie Henry Adaso (from About.com) was cool enough to send over some tips and pointers for buying a crappy rap album. I would say that young white kids and black kids have these processes memorized front, back and side-to-side *lol*
7. Believe the Hype
When unsure, go with the flow. Hey, if MTV’s playing that music video 65 times an hour, there must be something special about his music, right? Wrong. The most hyped albums sometimes end up being the worst ones.
Nelly must be really trying to make those duckets this year because he released Murphy Lee “out the pens” and let him do this video.
It’s garbage low budget that’s for sure. The dude playing the guitar looks like he’s just there to collect enough money to support his meth habit. *SMDH* Within the first 10 seconds you will be bored. I was…
Well looky here! It’s the St. Lunatics! I actually thought that maybe Nelly had them in a back room shining his Air Force 1’s or something, but I guess they STILL rap! Isn’t that novel?!?!
I see the black Phantom of the Opera is still in the group. *SMDH*
The 2008 US Presidential Elections are all fine and dandy but I just realized that we are NEGLECTING another important election. The fam over at The Real have made a poignant video that we should all pay attention to. Vote or DIE!
PLIES AND THE BIG BUTT REALITY SHOWPlies is doing a reality show and apparently the main deal is you have to have a big rump roast in the back. I was checking out Ozone and the main thing that I saw was that all the girls were showing their backside. So, the “Bust It Baby” Reality Show held auditions over a week ago and I guess it will be on VH1 or something.
REALLY Plies???? Really Black PEOPLE? It’s like this?!?!?!? AND we have 8 days left in Black History Month no less…
And why the HELL would you want to be a “Bust It Baby?” Call me a “Bougie Baby” because I’m too nice for all that “Bust It” sh*t. *SMDH at these broads* They thought they were “Bust It Babies” but they’re just busted as hell…
Rapper Khia is MAD AS HELL at Janet Jackson! She even calls her a “bitch!!”
I don’t see why she’s so mad! Janet Jackson hasn’t been hitting hard on the charts since MAYBE 2004? I DOUBT that Janet Jackson would’ve been able to help Khia out. The blind leading the blind…
Tony Yayo (also known as 50 Cent’s tax write-off) can rest easier these days. All the charges stemming from an incident in which he allegedly roughed up and slapped the teenage son of a business rival were dropped.
The charges of misdemeanor assault, harassment and endangering the welfare of a child were dismissed as part of a plea deal to a lesser, non-criminal harassment charge, which brought with it 10 days of community service. Leemon said the G-Unit rapper accepted the noncriminal resolution of the case to avoid the “unnecessary hardships” of a trial.
Leemon thanked the New York district attorney’s office, which he said agreed with his stance from the beginning of the case, which was that, after investigating the altercation, Yayo should not be subjected to any criminal liability in the incident.
Leemon had previously told MTV News that Yayo’s acquaintance Lowell “Lodi Mack” Fletcher had admitted to police in an unrelated jailhouse interview that he was the one who slapped the 14-year-old son of Jimmy “Henchman” Rosemond.
Hmmm…I don’t know but I would still sleep with one eye open. I am just saying…
This blog has opened so many doors, and one of them is the privilege of writing for SEASPOT.com!
In my first interview, I had a chance to speak with one of the illest rappers to come out of the Northwest, by way of Seattle, Neema!
This isn’t just any local rapper. He’s worked with Joe Budden, Jagged Edge, Petey Pablo and others. Neema goes hard, and Koch Records took notice by giving him a distribution deal.
Check out what he had to say about the rap industry today, working with Joe Budden and more here or go to SEASPOT.com to find the interview!
Rap cats are looking real POOR right now with these crappy videos. I remember when these cats had million dollar budgets for videos and all that. Now they are getting an EBT card with $22 on it, a food coupon to KFC for catering, and an elementary school gym for the set. *SMDH*
Ja Rule, Paul Wall and other D-list types are starring in a horror flick called “The Furnace.” Even meth head Tom Sizemore is in that joint! Here’s the synopsis:
DETECTIVE MICHAEL TURNER investigates mysterious deaths that occur in and around a maximum-security prison. What begins as just another suicide and murder case unfolds into a furious struggle to uncover the unexplainable while escaping death at the hands of a vengeful spirit unleashed within the prison walls. The Grudge meets X-Files in a maximum-security prison.
I don’t have an issue with the movie per se, even though it sounds like “House on Haunted Hill,” and “Silent Hill.” I just want to know WHY Paul Wall is in the movie? What’s HIS character? I also want to know WHEN Tom Sizemore was sober enough to film a movie……
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