I might be a lil’ biased here. I’ve been fukkin’ with Kanye West as an artist (or as Kid Cudi would say, “musically”) since the I’m Good mixtape. When he was starting to break out with joints like “Through The Wire” and people were sayin’ he couldn’t rap, I was rockin’ with him. I’ve been readin’ articles on him and his work far back enough to know his seemingly “inflated” ego has actually always been inflated, before there was even a release date on his first album. Of course, none of this makes me special, or has any bearing on what this new album of his sounds like, but it’s safe to say ‘Ye is one of my favorite artists of the last 10 years.
Da Dirty 30: 2000s
12/31/2009Annnd So… after Eminem‘s controversy, Jeezy‘s Snowman shirts, Puffy’s trial (and name changes), Michael/Aaliyah/Jam Master Jay/ODB/Left Eye/Pimp C/Pun/EY’BODY’s death, the breakup of Roc-A-Fella, the fall-off/comeback/second fall-off of Mariah Carey, the disappearance and tragic-lookin’ reappearances of Lauryn Hill, Crunk, Hyphy, Snap, “Intimate Club Music” (blah), the rise of the Southern hip-hop, the decline of New York hip-hop, 9/11, a dumb president, a Black president…
…G-Unit vs. Murder Inc., The Game‘s bipolarity, Keyshia Cole‘s fukked-up family, DMX‘s crackish ways, Tweet‘s song about masturbation “self-love”, the all-around fuckery that was “My Neck My Back”, Nelly sliding credit cards down asscracks, that thong-tha-thong-thong-thong, Wayne‘s Carter series, Usher‘s Confessions, Rihanna getting “Chris Brown-ed” by Chris Brown, Da Band walking for cheesecake, the “Hip-Hop Is Dead” debate…
Throwback jerseys, button-ups, long-ass tees, tight-ass jeans, grillz, BET going to shit, Rick Ross getting exposed, Suge gettin’ knocked the fukk out, Cam’ron wearing pink, R. Kelly pissing on youngins, Alicia Keys wreckin’ homes, Jay-Z becoming a devil worshipper, Jay-Z “retiring”, Beyonce doing eyyy’thing, Mike Jones‘ phone number, Jadakiss’ asthma cough/laugh, Lil’ Jon‘s adlibs, Superhead‘s book, Tahiry‘s ass, Trina’s ass, Buffie’s ass, J.Lo’s ass, Lil’ Kim‘s ass bid, Shyne‘s bid, T.I.‘s bid, Freeway‘s beard, Ashanti‘s sideburns…
Autotune, iTunes, iPods, iPhones, 2-way pagers, ringtones, Being Bobby Brown, SMACK DVDs, BEEF DVDs, singers with names like Lumidee and T-Pain, rappers with names like Chingy and Webbie, OutKast winning Grammys, Three 6 winning Oscars, Kanye crying over awards, every rapper in existence making mixtapes, rampant file sharing and downloading, Harlem Shakin’, leanin’ back, leanin’ wit’ it, rockin’ wit’ it, crankin’ dat Soulja Boy, jerkin’, and “ballllliiiinnnnnnnn’“…
Grindin’…
12/09/2009Speakin’ of mixtapes…
With 50 Cent‘s latest album catching a gigantic magnanimous brick, is it safe to say that G-Unit (as a staff, record label, and as a muh’fukkin’ crew) is basically done? Will we not be given any more “aggressive content” or “harsh realities”, of which Fif loves to talk about in his interviews? Of course we will, whether we actually want it or not… especially with Beanie Sigel sitting at home just waitin’ for that contract to come in the mail (HA!).
Even with the Unit’s time being just about up, I can’t talk about the past 10 years without bringing up that run 50 n’nem had. We all know about Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ and Fiddymania runnin’ wild and whatnot. But the REAL admirable shit about all that is what happened before the superstar status.
The Etherover: My Interpretation Of The Situation
12/04/2009Yeah, I know. I’ma go ahead and assume that I’m not the first person with a blog to talk about this, but I’m a human being too, dammit.
In the first of a few 2000s-related entries I’ll be dropping this month, I will not be using today’s date to wish a “happy 40th” to my second favorite MC. I’ll have other times to give him his accolade, and besides, I’m sure his Illuminati free mason fam will be throwin’ him a party tonight. *ROFL* But I will be speakin’ on something epic that he took part in. Something that had an enthusiast like myself excited during an otherwise ehhh year in hip-hop. It was 2001, I was a mixtape-coppin’ animal, and the battle of battles was taking place: Jay-Z vs. Nas.

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