Yo man, what's up with all these rappes dyin' man? I heard that Soulja Slim was shot three time in the face and chest the day before Thanksgiving. The hell?! These hard core cats may have better chances in post- war Iraq than in hip hop right now. What's really good, dog? Damn. It's not even affecting folks no more, man. With Pac and Big there was surprise, a sense of surrealism...Jam Master Jay was utter disbelief. I mean, Jam Master Jay?! Wow. This is one of the many reasons why hip hop sucks right now. Shit, Jay is retiring (for now), Outkast is together, yet apart, and we don't have BIG and Pac...contrary to what Ja and 50 think. The only thing that has consistently improved over the past few years in hip hop is the production. Cats is puttin some hot beats hout right now...too bad the lyrics are some hot shit.
That "Stuntin'" beat is sick. Ja's beat for clap back is sinister...until Ja starts rappin'. You ever heard somebody talk while having a bad coughing fit...? That's how Ja sounds when he raps. And that's what he is... a rapper. Where the hell are all the emcees. Did cats have a strike and walk out or somethin'. Did the drop squad abduct these dudes, cause that's the best explanation for Common's last LP. Don't get me wrong, I played his last LP a quite a bit when I first got it, because I liked singular elements about the joint, but, as a whole, that shit sucked. It wasn't a cohesive product. I simply respected he ws trying to go about shit differently. The pro was, he's never been a big ticket emcee, so he can be "artistic" and only true fans will be annoyed. The drawback was the lyrical precedent Com has set on every LP prior to, was almost non-existent. But anyways, tangents...man what's really happenin' with the world of hip hop????