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Sunday, March 22, 2009

50 Beef Update


Wow 50s really been busy trying to stay relevent, I mean he constantly seems to go for guys who are lyrically out of his league. Afew years ago it was Jay-Z, that passed and honestly I wish it would've gone on more so 50 could get bodied. Last year it was 50 vs Kanye, 50 got cocky and promised he would quit hip-hop if Kanye outsold him, like I expected Kanye bodied him in sales and 50 made some excuses to get him out of quiting hip-hop. And even though Kanye was the bigger man and said he wanted 50 to keep on making records 50 didnt let up on his Kanye bashing. He even went on to call out T.I. but T.I. being the calm dude he is when it comes to beef (sike) shrugged off his disses.

This time around 50 tried to start beef with Lil Wayne, currently one of the biggest names in hip-hop, and Rick Ross, the biggest boss in hip-hop. But 50 hasnt really gone for the traditional beef and made the classic diss records that we play for years (No Vaseline, Ether, Takeover, etc.), instead this time around 50, one of the original kings of beef, goes for the new age approach, which is why LiveFromThe269 has deemed him an official internet gangster!

In his beef with Rick Ross, record wise, 50 cent has been pretty distant and his crew has been making more diss records than him. 50 did one song that I've heard so far and it was with the entire G-Unit squad and he had 1 verse on it. Its a sad day when a mans soldiers are more willing to go to war then that man himself. So instead 50 really embraced his role as an internet gangster and has made of YouTube videos where he has teased Rick Ross for his weight, his finances, his bitter baby mama, and (in order to avoid any risk of originality) the obvious attack on the fact that he used to be a C.O. He even released a series of videos with Rick Ross's baby mama talking about how Rick Ross is a dead beat dad, and how he abandoned his financial obligations to his kid.

In his beef with Wayne 50 has been a little bit more proactive, egging him on in countless videos (I told you he was a YouTube Gangster) and calling him out on songs. He has been saying that Lil Wayne isnt the best rapper alive, he's been calling him gay because he kissed Birdman, and a bunch of other disrespectful topics. So finally Wayne has fought back with 2 tracks (actually 2 verses actually haha) but the 1st (Louisianimal) was more of a subliminal diss and no one could tell for sure if it was a diss and 50 even called out to Wayne to explain his lyrics. But it appears to be official now, it is a beef and Lil Wayne does appear ready for war.

Pimp C ft Lil Wayne-Lets Talk Money (50 Cent Diss)

This is a track with a recording of Pimp C ft Lil Wayne of Pimp C's upcoming solo album. The album is gonna be a pretty good project and it scheduled to drop after UGK's last album "UGK For Life" which is scheduled to drope March 28th. But this track is pretty good and Lil Wayne finally cuts the subliminal disses (like on his track Louisianimal) and goes in on 50 Cent. He takes afew jabs saying "That n---a Pimp called me before he left this b---h/ Told me keep doin' ya thing and don't tell 50 sh--."

Check out the full artice on MTV.com

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Is KiD CuDi Gonna Retire?


According to a recent update from KiD CuDi's Blog KiD CuDi, a new comer in the game and a member of the XXL Freshman Class of 09, announced that his debut album, that is set to date this summer, will be his first and last solo album. For all CuDi fans don't read too deep into it thinking CuDi is gonna join some hip-hop supergroup (like Slaughterhouse, CRS, etc.) according to CuDi "THE DRAMA THAT COMES WITH IT IS MORE OVERWHELMING THAN THE SHIT I WAS DEALING WIT WHEN I WAS PISS POOR BROKE." The funny thing is a fellow class mate of CuDi's (B.o.B.) made a similar announcement, and niether is the time to make a statement like this as a publicity stunt, but this leaves me wondering, what did these guys expect when they got in this game? One thing a lot of new artist need to understand that this really is a business like it or not, so if you really are as artistic as you say and you have a message dont sacrifice your art but make sure you do everything it takes to get your message out their. I understand it wasn't what you expected when you were watching YoMTV Raps back in the day thinking that this was what you wanted to do for the rest of your life but you have to accept what it is.

Personally i dont believe he's actually done with the game for good but I'm tired of these long early goodbyes, B.o.B., The Game, Jay-Z, Lupe, KanYe, etc. Its honestly played out no offense because these are all guys that get heavy rotation on my IPod and I have a lot of respect for what their doing but all these rappers need to get it together and accept how lucky they are that they get paid all this money to make music, the thing they supposidly love.

For more info on CuDi specifically check out the artice on his blog http://www.kidcudi.com/news/?p=583

B.o.B.'s Official Name Change

B.o.B. who is one of my favorite rappers from the freshman class of 09 has officially changed his name to Bobby Ray, which is actually his birth name. He said he felt like when he was B.o.B. he was trying to fit in the music game. Initially he said he was gonna quit the rap game all together because he didnt feel he was cut out for the business and politic side of it, but I'm happy to hear that B.o.B. decided to stick it out and go in a new direction. I'm actually pretty excited and anxious to see what this "new direction" he's talking about is.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Kid Cudi Day N Night Build Up

This is Kid Cudi talking about his first video and the process that built up to it

Joell Ortiz-Memories Music Video


Joell Ortiz - "Memories" from Three/21 Films on Vimeo.

Joell Ortiz Booth Beatdown

This is one of my favorite new artists live freestyle in the booth. You may know him as 1/4 of the Slaughterhouse (Hip-Hops New SUPERGROUP!) but hes consistent and he always puts it down so check it out....

Royce Da 5'9, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz & Crooked I Vid

This is Joell Ortiz and Joe Budden going at it to see who has the best verse on their 1st song as slaughterhouse

This one has a cameo from our boy charles hamilton and its basically a part 2 of the first video

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Joell Ortiz - Kiss100 Freestyle pt.2

Joell Ortiz kills it on this freestyle so check it out

Slaughterhouse Freestyle on Streetsweeper Radio

Slaughterhouse (minus Crooked I) definately puts it down on this one! I'm anxious to see what their first project is gonna be like