5 Things Rappers Should Stop Doing
by on November 17th, 2008
Is it me or are rappers getting extremely boring these days? From the new group of "hipster" rappers to the vets in the game, thing's are getting just a tad too dry for me. So I decided to compile a quick list of 5 things rappers should stop doing that might improve the game slightly.
These are in no particular order, but after reading..post your top 5.
#5. Using AutoTune
Alright, after an entire year of 90% of rappers using AutoTune in their tracks, I'd say we've had enough. You are NOT a pioneer, you are NOT being original, and you do NOT sound all that great, so cut that shit out. Plus, have any of ya'll ever heard AutoTune being used live in concert? It sounds like straight ass.
#4. Using The Word "Swag"
Ok lets be honest here, if you're a guy and you willingly admit and publicaly express that another dude has "mad swag" you're pretty much saying you're gay. Saying another dude has mad swag is just the same as saying you'd let him take you to the movies and buy you gummy bears.
#3. Hating On Bloggers
Aside from Obama/Politically driven songs, hating on bloggers has been the IT thing for rappers to do this year. Why even bother rappers? You have to realize that in the digital age, Bloggers are pretty much record breakers--they are the new DJ Clues, Funk Flex, etc. So why hate on a blogger for talking about you? There's no such thing as bad publicity--unless a paparazzi catches you with a dead hooker in the trunk of your car..that..that's pretty bad.
#2. Songs shouting out Liquor and Clothing Brands
No one seemed to have learned from the whole Jay-Z/Cristal fiasco that went down a few years ago. Rappers, BIG BRANDS--REALLY big brands- - don't want your endorsement--so stop giving them free advertisement and creating trends with their brands. Loui & Gucci don't want T.I. pushing their product and Cristal doesn't want you popping their champagne.
#1. Pretending To Be Tough
Here's a tip for new rappers and old alike. Stop pretending to be tough--because someone is bound to test you on it. Before the age of Youtube and light speed information, rappers could get a pass on pretending to be tough because even if someone did in fact smack them up for talking that ish, most people would never know about it---today however, is a different day--thanks to the internets we get play by play on when a rapper gets their Transformer chain snatched then subsequently slapped across the face Ari Gold style by another rapper.
By the way, I know most of you couldn't find my other Obama shirt in stores last week so I come bearing gifts this time around, this shirt is limited edition..its at like 25 bucks @ the Dr. Jays around here--we set up this page where you can get it for $14..that's a damn good deal...if you don't know where the quote is from, I'm ashamed of you.
You can grab it here.
My track of the week:




























Good blog…all true haha
the rest of that shit is true
and LMAO at the video
autotune on every song, i thought it was fitting when kanye used it on put on, or when wayne and tpain both use it on got money, its nice on a song here and there but when rappers use it on every song they make like kanye and wayne are right now, it takes the uniqueness of it away and just makes it monotonous and annoying.
(i disagree about the concert sounding like ass though,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2THxcOKlqQ
/> if your saying that that doesnt sound good and isnt inspirational and moving, the essence of what true hip hop is then i boldly disagree.)
cookie cutter albums- every god damn cd is the same thing, club song, gangster song, radio song, deep song, happy song, sad song, filler songs.. i like the idea of a concept album because even if it has all of these generic sounding songs, they all have a theme and are all relateable, giving them purpose and telling a story through music.
Name dropping- i cant stand it when people signed to young money shout out wayne on every single song, or when the game talks about dre or jay-z in everyone of his raps, i understand paying homage to the legends of the past and present but theres a thin line between respect and using their name to push your product.
early retirment- lupe, the game, rumors of kanye, i mean, it was bad enough when hov retired for a year and then came back, i dont know how i will cope with the fact that theres only one more lupe fiasco cd to come out, ever. hopefully he changes his mind and keeps making music but regardless, when its all said and done, he will be, hes not yet, but he will be top five doa.
album delays- god damn it, i want detox!! i want relapse!! i dont want to have to wait a decade between dre albums, and i HATE it how damn near every single cd gets pushed back at least once, if not more. tha carter 3 had an original intended release date of summer 06 and we got in summer 08, thats a long ass time to be delaying an album, tgfm(thank god for mixtapes).
idk, but niggas use that word so much down here im startin to think its gon be a staple in nigga language for a long, long, time….oh and LMAO at “Nice to see everybody”….
speaking of entourage, ITS DUDES LIKE LLOYD THAT COMPLIMENT ANOTHER MANS SWAG lol
I think swag isn’t as bad as the prevelance of “goon” niggas… might as well be calling dudes “goobers”…
Goon is the least gangsta word ever used to describe a gangsta.
Bring gully back maybe, but goon?
5. NO MORE lame dance, snap, hip pop out of the south.
4. No more lil Wayne on your tracks, No More T Payne on Tracks, no more Auto tune
3. Start your own gangs, dont pretend to be bloods and pretend the other side of the street is not pretending to be crips.
2. Stop it with the homo trends, THIS IS YOU WAYNE, LUPE, and KANYE.
1. Return of the ROC, Aftermath, and street music.
but yea i really hope kanye gets the picture his new music sucks cuz idk anyone that even knows his album exists. maybe that will kill the autotune trend finally
but seriously if i hear anyone else use the word swag, talk about their colored diamonds, or lil wayne pretend to b a blood again i will go on a rampage n whipe out all rappers. honestly, listen to chronic 2001 then like anything that came out this year n try to understand y more rappers dont try to make classics like that
secondly, he will help me by giving me, a young black man, hope. i’m assuming you arent black, and if you arent than you dont understand all of the things that obama represents, its so much more than politics. Its not only the acceptance, but the power that he has as the LEADER of our country, represents the progress that we as a people have made.
lastly, he is not republican. democratic views favor the middle/lower class, and i am sure as hell not upper class so the changes and reforms that he will make during his time in office are going to benefit me and other young lower-middle class citizens. Oil comapny CEO’s should be taxed, there is no reason not to tax them, when a few percentage points arent going to make any difference, maybe they have to wait a year to get the bentley and have to settle for a benz instead, but that money that they give up, makes a HUUUUUGE difference when you make 35000 dollars a year.
Good shit Homie!
Couldnt have said it better myself!
BigBro is a fuckin retard!
You are truly in love with Obama aren’t you? You’d probably kiss his ass if he asked you to.
“If john mccain was elected, he would have helped me because anyone on this earth, your mom could have done a better job running (or in this case, ruining) our country than he did”
Are you psychic? Could you foretell what would happen with McCain running the country?
Obama is honestly a real life Robin Hood. Steal from the rich and give to the poor. I’m not saying that that is necessarily always a bad thing.
Will Obama repeal Patriot Acts I and II as well as reversing Bush’s signing statement and acknowledging the repeal of the John Warner Defense Authorization Act?
Will Obama bring war crimes charges against Bush, Cheney and others for authorizing torture and will the torture of suspects under U.S. detention, a complete violation of both the Constitution and the Geneva Conventions, cease under an Obama administration?
Will Obama withdraw American troops from Iraq and Afghanistan without sending them away again to bomb another broken-backed third world country in the name of a UN-supported “humanitarian” war?
Will Obama end the warrantless secret surveillance and phone-taps of American citizens?
Will Obama follow through on his rhetorical support for the second amendment or will he seek to ban guns as he did in Illinois?
Will Obama cease his support for the Bush-administration backed banker bailouts, hated by the majority of Americans, and target the real cause of the problem – the Federal Reserve – or will he continue to give taxpayers’ money to banks who are merely hoarding it all for themselves?
Will Obama seek to continue the militarization of America and preparations for martial law through Northcom and the secret government or will he dismantle the police state that has been constructed over the last eight years by the Bush administration?
Will Obama support Dennis Kucinich’s efforts to bring war crimes charges against Bush, Cheney and others for deceiving the country into a war or will he protect them against such charges like Nancy Pelosi has done?
….wait
Even as President-elect Obama vowed “to regain America’s moral stature in the world” during Sunday’s 60 Minutes appearance, two of his senior advisers confessed there is no intent to pursue those in the Bush administration who engaged in torture, a war crime.
Barack Obama has being given ominous advice from leaders on both sides of the Atlantic to brace himself for an early assault from terrorists. Maybe he won’t be like Mr. George Bush and actually do what he can to stop it. (I say do what he can because maybe he won’t have as much knowledge beforehand like Bush had)
How can Obama claim that “change has come to America” when he hasn’t even set foot in the White House?
P.S. Before you start throwing a hissy fit for me dissing your man crush, I by no means am a John McCain supporter. I just would rather have Obama than McCain, but neither is that great of a choice. I guess South Park was right it is always going to be a giant turd sandwich against a giant douche.
http://nationalexpositor.com/News/1472.html
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if you have your own intelligent thoughts to express, i would be happy to have a mature arguement, but ummm, copying an article from the internet proves that you have no idea what your talking about so shut the fuck up.
Plus what about the stuff that I did type, believe it or not, that is not on that link? But what it all really boils down to is that you can not refute any of it so you resort to assumptions. They were not completely 100% off assumptions, they were good ones that are wrong whether you wanna believe it or not – that is your choice. But what do assumptions get people?
“You are truly in love with Obama aren’t you? You’d probably kiss his ass if he asked you to.”- no i wouldnt, but i do have an incredible amount of respect for him and what he represents, and im proud to say that and proud to call him my president.
“Are you psychic? Could you foretell what would happen with McCain running the country?”- i can foretell that he is not george bush, and he, or anyone else would have done a better job. George bush has been the worst president we have ever have, his decisions have done nothing but damage to our country and anyone else would have done a better job, if you cant see that then you are an imbecile.
“Obama is honestly a real life Robin Hood. Steal from the rich and give to the poor. I’m not saying that that is necessarily always a bad thing.”- if your saying its not a bad thing, then thats proving my point which further proves my point, that you are fucking dumb.
“How can Obama claim that “change has come to America” when he hasn’t even set foot in the White House? "-if thats a serious question then your even dumber than i already assumed, you dont think that having a black president is a change?
and as for the rest of this bullshit…
Will Obama repeal Patriot Acts I and II as well as reversing Bush’s signing statement and acknowledging the repeal of the John Warner Defense Authorization Act?
Will Obama bring war crimes charges against Bush, Cheney and others for authorizing torture and will the torture of suspects under U.S. detention, a complete violation of both the Constitution and the Geneva Conventions, cease under an Obama administration?
Will Obama withdraw American troops from Iraq and Afghanistan without sending them away again to bomb another broken-backed third world country in the name of a UN-supported “humanitarian” war?
Will Obama end the warrantless secret surveillance and phone-taps of American citizens?
Will Obama follow through on his rhetorical support for the second amendment or will he seek to ban guns as he did in Illinois?
Will Obama cease his support for the Bush-administration backed banker bailouts, hated by the majority of Americans, and target the real cause of the problem – the Federal Reserve – or will he continue to give taxpayers’ money to banks who are merely hoarding it all for themselves?
Will Obama seek to continue the militarization of America and preparations for martial law through Northcom and the secret government or will he dismantle the police state that has been constructed over the last eight years by the Bush administration?
Will Obama support Dennis Kucinich’s efforts to bring war crimes charges against Bush, Cheney and others for deceiving the country into a war or will he protect them against such charges like Nancy Pelosi has done?
Even as President-elect Obama vowed “to regain America’s moral stature in the world” during Sunday’s 60 Minutes appearance, two of his senior advisers confessed there is no intent to pursue those in the Bush administration who engaged in torture, a war crime.
Barack Obama has being given ominous advice from leaders on both sides of the Atlantic to brace himself for an early assault from terrorists. Maybe he won’t be like Mr. George Bush and actually do what he can to stop it. (I say do what he can because maybe he won’t have as much knowledge beforehand like Bush had)
all copied and pasted, i dont give a fuck what you say about your incredible memory, thats copied and pasted, and your full of shit.
Umm… can you prove god? Didn’t think so. And yes, it is possible but obviously that is too complex of a subject for you to comprehend. Hell I even know someone who has a 99% average in school because he memorizes his notes…it really isn’t that hard if you have an advanced memory in which you obviously do not, doltish. Really actually probably anyone can memorize most of it. And saying “he has the intelligence of my ball sack” is real intelligent?
“no i wouldnt, but i do have an incredible amount of respect for him and what he represents, and im proud to say that and proud to call him my president.”
Wow, you do realize that he is not the president until January, right?
“i can foretell that he is not george bush, and he, or anyone else would have done a better job. George bush has been the worst president we have ever have, his decisions have done nothing but damage to our country and anyone else would have done a better job, if you cant see that then you are an imbecile. “
I may have misinterpreted this, but were you talking about John McCain or Bush when you said “if john mccain was elected, he would have helped me because anyone on this earth, your mom could have done a better job running (or in this case, ruining) our country than he did”
“if your saying its not a bad thing, then thats proving my point which further proves my point, that you are fucking dumb.”
There are some families that are poor because of valid reasons, but there are others that are just fucking lazy.
“if thats a serious question then your even dumber than i already assumed, you dont think that having a black president is a change?”
I could give 2 shits about his skin color, you know what’s sad? The fact that people vote for or against him because of his skin color when a lot of those people don’t know about the issues. Howard Stern proved that quite nicely on his show. He promised “change” and the fact that John McCain is a lot like Bush had a huge role in Obama being elected.
“and as for the rest of this bullshit…all copied and pasted, i dont give a fuck what you say about your incredible memory, thats copied and pasted, and your full of shit.”
How is it bullshit? I guess some people like the government violating your personal privacy… Or like having their amendment rights violated…your life, not mine. You don’t want to acknowledge it because it’s talking bad about your messiah. Anyone who ever says something “bad” about Obama (when they’re actually asking good questions) people act like they’ve committed blasphemy and are racist, etc.
Dumb ass mother fuckers like you who claim they “would rather have Obama than McCain” but then dedicate their lives to posting negative shit about him got me wonderin what the fuck the purpose is behind your weak ass arguments.
It doesn’t matter whether u give 2 shits about Obama’s skin color or not, the simple fact that over 50 million American’s voted to elect a black candidate is a HUGE step forward, as little as 10 years ago this shit would have been unimaginable.
And like it or not race did play a huge part in this election and rightly so i might add. Even if I was a white man, One of the main reason I would have voted for Obama is simply because he is black. As an advocate of anti-racial behavior how can you not elect a black president knowing the powerful effect that simply action would have on millions of young Americans. To the ten year old white boy who growing up has heard of the typical stereotypes that apply to blacks, (lazyness, violence, etc.) is able to look up and see that the most powerful individual in America is a black man, do you not think that would change their ideologies and beliefs?
And btw there’s no fucking way any one person can memorize an article word for word because they are interested, and that is hardly “too complex of a subject for you to comprehend,” its just sad that you can’t form your own logical arguments.
One last thing i think a 6 year old homeless kid in Brazil would know that Obama is not yet president, that might be the dumbest fucking counter-point i have heard in my life. Way to make yourself look like a retard.
Yeah the Patriot Act is real pre-school…
How about the fact that both Obama and McCain are for more government spending and making more money to get the economy going when in reality that is the opposite of what they should be doing?
“ Dumb ass mother fuckers like you who claim they “would rather have Obama than McCain” but then dedicate their lives to posting negative shit about him got me wonderin what the fuck the purpose is behind your weak ass arguments. “
Actually, they aren’t weak as you see no one has yet to refute any of them. They just go to calling it pre-school and bullshit. Neither Obama nor McCain is a great choice. I did the same to John McCain, but Obama won so why would I continue to do it to John McCain? It really makes no sense, now does it.
“It doesn’t matter whether u give 2 shits about Obama’s skin color or not, the simple fact that over 50 million American’s voted to elect a black candidate is a HUGE step forward, as little as 10 years ago this shit would have been unimaginable. “
10 years ago was 1998, there have only been 3 elections since then. Let’s try not to act like it’s the 1960’s. But let me guess “that might be the dumbest fucking counter-point you have heard in you life.” Even though you’re the one that made the idiotic statement to begin with. Besides that fact, when was the last time a black man actually ran for president and/or had a shot at winning? Over 50 million Americans voted to elect a white candidate as well.
“And like it or not race did play a huge part in this election and rightly so i might add. Even if I was a white man, One of the main reason I would have voted for Obama is simply because he is black. As an advocate of anti-racial behavior how can you not elect a black president knowing the powerful effect that simply action would have on millions of young Americans. To the ten year old white boy who growing up has heard of the typical stereotypes that apply to blacks, (lazyness, violence, etc.) is able to look up and see that the most powerful individual in America is a black man, do you not think that would change their ideologies and beliefs? “
Most powerful individual in America?!?!?! If you think the president is the most powerful individual in America you are clearly not intelligent. If that was true he’d have guns banned 2nd day in the White House. Not to mention what Bush would have done. For one it isn’t even like he’s 100% black and I care more about actual issues then the skin color of a person. Just because he’s president doesn’t mean that is going to change that 10 year old white boy’s views. Obama won the popular vote by 6%; therefore there are millions of Americans that voted against him. Everyone likes to think come 2012 America is going to be so great because of Obama, but what if come 2012 everything is worse?
“And btw there’s no fucking way any one person can memorize an article word for word because they are interested, and that is hardly “too complex of a subject for you to comprehend,” its just sad that you can’t form your own logical arguments. “
Obviously you have not done anything in psychology. Maybe you should try it, you might learn something. Then again you might not want to; it’ll be too hard for you to believe any of it. What do you think about the guy from La Crosse, Wisconsin? Do you think he can not remember things from his childhood like it was yesterday?
“One last thing i think a 6 year old homeless kid in Brazil would know that Obama is not yet president, that might be the dumbest fucking counter-point i have heard in my life. Way to make yourself look like a retard.”
Wow, if that make me looks like a retard I’m fine with that. The statement that I came back at was retarded, I just corrected them.
—too bad you copied and pasted that so its not your arguement. seriously, just drop the arguement that you really remembered it, if you had that ‘advanced’ of a brain you would be all over the today show as a prodigy, not a nobody just like the rest of us, arguing on a rap website.
“Most powerful individual in America?!?!?! If you think the president is the most powerful individual in America you are clearly not intelligent.”
—what one person is more powerful, or represents our country more than the president? thats a serious question, who is it? because i cant think of anyone so clearly im not intelligent, he is the face of our nation and presides over most aspects of our country, if thats not power then idk what is
and there is a huge difference between memorizing what things said, and memorizing capitalization, punctuation, and everything else, and even if you did memorize it, which you didnt, but if in some parallel universe you were actually smart, and not some bum ass retard, they still wouldnt be your points, regardless of if you copied and pasted or memorized, its still someone elses words.
Who doesn’t know about the Patriot Act? Being able to memorize things doesn’t mean you are a prodigy you fucking cretin. You too should check out some psychology things, you may learn something. The Patriot Act is a lot of people’s arguments, not just one person. But I wouldn’t expect someone who can’t spell argument to realize that.
“what one person is more powerful, or represents our country more than the president? thats a serious question, who is it? because i cant think of anyone so clearly im not intelligent, he is the face of our nation and presides over most aspects of our country, if thats not power then idk what is”
So because he’s the face of our nation that makes him the most powerful? Or because he represents our country more than the behind the scene guys he’s the most powerful? I’m not even going to get into the “high powers” because it’s a waste of my time, if you really want to know you can look it up yourself. The Bush Administration is a prime example of it though. Then the Senate as whole is more powerful than the president as well but that’s a tad bit different.
“and there is a huge difference between memorizing what things said, and memorizing capitalization, punctuation, and everything else, and even if you did memorize it, which you didnt, but if in some parallel universe you were actually smart, and not some bum ass retard, they still wouldnt be your points, regardless of if you copied and pasted or memorized, its still someone elses words. “
Here’s another thing, I read it from the original website it was posted on, not ones like the link you gave. Therefore if I would have copied and pasted it exactly it would’ve been different. It’s not like the words used are historical or anything. Just look at them….
Will Obama repeal Patriot Acts I and II as well as reversing Bush’s signing statement and acknowledging the repeal of the John Warner Defense Authorization Act?
That’s a pretty generic question that’s been asked for quite sometime now. Just since November 5th has it had “Will Obama”. Before that it was “Will whoever wins.”
“and there is a huge difference between memorizing what things said, and memorizing capitalization, punctuation, and everything else”
Um, that is the correct way to write/type something. Journalists and writers do it all the time. I don’t necessarily always write/type like that it depends on how busy I am. But there really isn’t much memorizing involved since that is the way you are taught in school depending on your English class.
so your saying that you dont have an answer to the question because there isnt one, the president is the most powerful person in the country, there isnt any one person who has more power, if he doesnt want a bill to pass he can veto it, if he wants to do something, he can make an executive decision based one what he believes will be best for the country, without permission from anyone, who are these ‘higher powers’ that you speak of that have more power than that?
1.“rockstar songs” i mean arent rockstars rockers and rappers well.. rappers
2.“outrgeous tight lenny cravits clothes” i.e.( lil wayne ,kanye west )rapping about money hoes clothes and being cool just doesnt fit in when u look like the 2000 and sum version of willy wonka
3.writing a song putting it out and calling it a freestyle .dont get me wrong i love the lyrics some of these artists put out but what ever happened to off the top of the dome
4.name dropping the jewler you go to.Im not hating on anyones hustle when it comes to thier money but when you got money and lots of it buying jewelery in no big achievment
5.rappers saying “im the best or” “im the greatest” and usually its the artists that dont say that phrase that are considered among the masses to be among the elite.The best of what??? elaborate please u big headed futhamuckaz.just my opinion
i like that list skitzo
1- Stop kissing everybody’s ass in records like the game do ( shit like " i’m nas , i’m cube , i’m pac i’m will smitch , i shoot with snoop etc … )
2- Stop Being gay like gay unit
3- Stop being wiggers like feminem
4- Especially do not dress like females like feminem
5- stay away from interscope Aftermath shady cause they’re all bunch of house niggaz
holla again ,,, the mirroir in the store soon buy it plz
>Screwface James rolled up da haze 2 spark!
>Screwface James sparked da haze 2 smoke!
>Screwface James smoked da haze 2 get dumb high!
LMAOOOOOO
Kanye has fallen off with this album…maybe its just my opinion but i know there are many others who feel the same way…
Ye’ rapping could NEVER get old because he is so talented and listening to him is soo much better then my ears bleeeeeding from listening to another autotune verse
Autotune requires NO TALENT…dudes can go in there and make there voice sound amazing…why do you think autotune rapppers bloww cock live
All im saying is bury this fucking autotune shit like the NAACP buried the word NIGGER
1) Stop Autotune
2) Slow down on the collaborations with r&b artists and wack ass rappers
3) Stop Turning on their crew and stay loyal
4) Keep it street u dont need to make a dance for a bitch in evry club banger
5) Pretending to be Bloods
2. stop using autotone (in total agreement on this one)
3. stop beefing so fucking much.
4. stop trying to sound like nigga’s where you aint from (this one goes out to new york rappers)
5. STOP SINGING PLEASE
you baked a failcake Houston
RAPPERS ONLY DO THIS SHIT 2 FIT IN INSTEAD OF STAYING N THEIR OWN LANE..THEY THINK THEY GONE LOOK STUPID IF THEY DONT SAY SWAG OR USE AUTOTUNE OR SOME OTHER BS FAD THATZ GOIN ON…ITZ A SHAME..
BUT FUCK IT THO!!! I NOE I STAY TRUE TO I AM N THATZ ALL THEY GOTTA DO..
BWS BITCH!!!
2. Acting Like they Murders and Drug Dealers every song
3. Using the Typical album fomula
4. Making whole songs about clothes, liquor,and shoes
5. Putting Young or Lil’ in there name
-hahahahahahhahaahaha
awesome blog ur dead on
I feel what you are saying about discussing(not hating) on bloggers..You are using that word too a little too loosely..To hate on is to be jealous or envious..That only works in one direction and it’s definitely not the rappers who feel that way..People have a right to their opinion but most bloggers are bitches and i’m just keeping it funky..They sit around all day talking about another person’s life because they don’t have one of their own..Now, I do think it is a little petty for them to respond but we as black men have a lot and often way too much pride..Not in our communities, family, religious views or anything that can bring about positivity..It’s more about the pride we have in ourselves..We over do it sometimes because we’ve grown up to be fighters even about the simplest things..It’s a reason you never hear about other races killing family about 2 or 3 dollars..If we feel threatened in any way or played especially in front of group of people then we usually respond without thought..Check it out..T.I. didn’t have to respond to Shawty Lo..He didn’t say shit to 50 but Lo had niggaz really feeding into all the shit he was saying and he really got under T.I. skin..50 made a quick comment and left it alone plus he wasn’t really relevant(at least not in the south and midwest)…Anyway, it’s a lot of people being reached through the internet and that’s why rappers are starting to feed into it more..Think about it..Every other rapper got a website now..But i agree it’s petty but at the same time it’s kind of hard to tell another man how much pride to have in themselves and how to deal with it..We all know right from wrong but with something like that it’s not a set standard on how to act..
Now here’s my top 5 things rappers need to stop doing:
1.) Stop all this emotional/feminine type behavior (50’s been the main contributor of this to the hip hop community)
2.) Give T-Pain and Roger Troutman(r.i.p) autotune back
3.) Stop dry snitching getting niggaz arrested on bullshit
4.) Stop waiting until they get on to be drug dealers or gang bangers, which is sending kids with no guidance into the wrong direction.
5.) No more dressing like women..I’m tired of seeing these niggaz with purses, scarfs, tight pants and shirts, lip and tongue rings, lip gloss..As a matter of fact i’ll be the first to say this but Lil Wayne is starting to remind me of a black “Boy George”..Nigga wear the same hats and crazy azz clothes..Think on it..
Fuck it i got a few more that are tied for 5th
5. cont) Stop promoting these white clothing, liquor, food, and any other companies that aren’t investing in our people and it’s being done free of charge..(Jay-Z started this bullshit)
5. cont) Stop getting all this monkey jewelry walking around looking like idiots..These crackaz helping in the destruction of our people and country(for the dumb ones, Africa not USA) just for us to buy these stones for millions of dollars while black blood is being spilled to get it..
I could go all night with this shit but i’ll leave on this note
5.) Stop promoting bullshit behavior out of the kids in your music..Especially the ones who really know better and aren’t living the lives they rap about..Stop rapping about your brother, uncle, daddy, homebwoy or any other nigga you know life..That’s part of the reason the music isn’t growing..Everybody got the same story and if that’s the case there are a lot of followers out there..That’s why the only rappers that survive their first few albums are the ones that have created their own lanes..i.e. Luda, T.I., Jeezy, Em, Jay, Nas..Niggaz are stealing adlibs, vocab, tone of voice and delivery..That’s why Corey Gunz stands out in the new group of emcee’s coming along..He’s original..
Good post my dude. Always dropping knowledge.
My top 5 is a little different. Top 5 rappers who should stop rapping!
1. Lil Wayne. Lol you had a nice run, but you are the Phoenix Suns of rapping. Scoring a lot of points with mixtapes and features but you will never win a title. Lol you will never have a “classic” album. And perception is everything. My perception of you is your a bitch.
“Boy George”(shoutout to Gawgaboy) I feel you on that one. Lip-ring, lip-gloss, skinny jeans and kissing anotha dude in the mouth. No doubt he is a good rapper, but he tapped out a year ago. Now it’s oversaturated and “meh”(new word added to the dictionary yesterday, meaning “boring”. Originated from the Simpsons lol)
2.David Banner- I like the dude as a person, but man those two singles he put out, “Stuntin is a habit” with Chris “I’m not hitting Rhianna right” Brown and “Shawty Say” is some of the worst shit I’ve ever heard.
Lol if your going to use two supposed “hot lines” in a song as the hook for your singles, you better come correct. Instead you used the same beats on both of them and were better off just covering the two songs you used them from.
3.Gucci Mane- Lol not only is he the fugliest nigga alive and sets black people back to 1609 with his appearance alone, he literally says nothing on the track.
“Bricks
All white bricks
Off white bricks
Light tan bricks
Just hit a lick, For 50 more bricks
Balling like a bitch, with all these bricks
Bricks
36 zips
That’s a whole chick
Wanna bad bitch? Gotta have bricks
Yea that make sense
Yea I make hits
But I still take bricks "
And niggas had the nerve to get on Jeezy about lyrics? Lol wtf is this nigga talkin about. Yeh I know Gucci is “real” and he killed a dude. Good for him and good for you no moral havin ass niggas. Lol what if Charles Manson or Griselda Blanca put out a mixtape? Wouldn’t that be some “real goon” shit??
4.Birdman Jr.(The WOAT) Worst of All Time. – Birdman would win this award every year if it was given out at Music award shows. VH1 Hip Hop Honors take notes.
Lol I don’t think it’s possible J.R. goes into the booth, spits a verse, listens to it on playback and says
“Yeh that’s the hot shit right there.” Lol no way this happens! So I think he knows he can’t rap worth a lick. I don’t think he cares though cuz as long as J.R. has the rights to Lil Wayne’s life, he’ll get radio play and sell records.
One of my favorite Birdamn Jr. Lyrics
“Move dem thangs Get dem thangs Switch dat lane
Get dat chains Flip dem thangs Get yo money homie do yo thang
See I got em like 10 times, spend money got em like 10 times
Flip dat got em like 10 times, Got money like 10 mo times nigga "
5.Kanye West – In many ways you did stop rappin. “Pop Art” lol that’s the new genre? Give me a break. Dude is a fuckin idiot and he is not even close, not even in the same sentence as an Andy Warhol, so to call his new genre of music “Pop Art” is an insult to anyone in the print business(magazine, album cover artists, painters, etc.)
That auto-tune shit is lame. Your new album basically coveted everything “Tv on the Radio”(Youtube this band) has done. So give me a break with this “i’m innovating”.
Well Mr. West if you wanted to be innovative, how bout you make another Late Registration?
To all the other rappers who want to be pioneering? How about you take a cue from Outkast? Da art of storytelling and tell a fucking a story! I don’t give a fuck about how you crashed a maserati and pulled out the lambo. Nigga good for you. Are you even human? Have you seen this economy? No one is in the position to stunt.
Proceed to trash me. All the dick-riding Lil Wayne and Kanye Fans..Lol you know why they putting out straight garbage for the past half year? Cuz you niggas won’t challenge them. Stop licking clit and unclog your ears for once.
Holla
2) I also am not a fan of over-pronouncing the last word on every line. Main offender is Rick Ross.
3) Also I haven’t been to a live rap show in a while…any idea why? B/c rappers aren’t very good live. All most of them do (I’ll make a few exceptions here like Busta Rhymes & Ludacris) is yell into the microphone & have their crew finish the last word of their line. It’s boring & I didn’t come to see your crew, I came to see you.
4) Another thing is rappers over-using homophobic remarks. I’m not gay & I don’t really know anyone that is, but I’m sure they might not appreciate it. I know most of you won’t agree w/me here, but it gets tired to say someone’s gay (unless you kiss someone else like Lil Wayne). Come up with something better than that…
5) Come up with better song titles. I have about 4500 songs on my iPod & I hate trying to figure out which of the 10 ‘What It Is’ titles is the one by Busta Rhymes instead of Young Dro or Black Eyed Peas or Dire Straits.
I look at it like this – When a rapper/artist is on the rise and puts out mixtape tracks and comes off hungry…THAT shit is for US, the Hip Hop Heads. That’s what he/she wants us to respect him for. But, once he puts out an album (9/10 times) it’s not for us anymore…it’s for your 13 year old sister to ask mommy for the cd as a christmas present. Does that make sense?
Now, obviously, there’s exceptions to the rule…being rappers who have been out and established a name/rep for themselves already when hip hop was HIP HOP and originality was expected…but, that day is long gone my friends. Find me ONE rapper who comes hard and actually gets to release an album that’s original and true to themselves. They can’t, they’re shelved until they conform. And it comes down to whether or not they are willing to bite the bullet and succomb to the industries “cookie cutter” (i.e. did anyone notice last night on 106th and Park how uncomfortable Jadakiss was introducing his sell out video for his new single with Ne-Yo??…he didn’t want to do that…he didn’t wanna wear them tight pants and gatsby cap…tha’ts not JADA!but, he’s gotta pay bills too!)
So, my rambling comes down to this…don’t blame the rappers/artists…blame the industry and every motherfucker who bought ________’s album!!! (you can fill in the blank with the likes of Soulja Boy, Jibbs, Yung Berg, etc. to your own preference!)…
Lol its not the critics of kanyes new direction that needs to listen to the “music”. Its the fans who actually buy into it being so “innovative and new”.
Everyday I want to break-up with my girl-friend cuz she drives me nuts(really I have no patience) but she dislikes lil wayne(after dedication 2) just as much as me. Lol so I gotta stick with her aint no way I’m going to find anotha college educated beautiful female who dislikes lil wayne. I go to my girls crib and “The Anthology” is playing. That’s when I realize it won’t get any better.
Couldn’t imagine havin some abortion scarred, tatoo on neck female,walkin around the crib singin “it aint trickin if you got it” yuck. Its not hate, its called taste!
ReDef.
rappers are getting way to emotional and most of them are callaborating with r&b singers now which im gettin real sick of to. you know its gettin bad when most of the songs your listening to are from years back when hip hop was real and none of this crank dat superman shit and monotone robot soundin ppl sayin all the same shit in every song.
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You got it confused pimpin..All this homophobic shit got you worrying about the wrong thing to watch..I had cool ass uncles and cousins that I looked up to and admired..Some I still do because of the way they carry themselves and their style..I love pussy with a passion so just because I admire another man’s sense of style don’t make me gay..If that was the case the whole world would be gay because we all admire each other to some extent..Fashion is all about trends and i’ve followed them at times and i’m sure you have too..I don’t think it means you want to have sex with Jay-Z because you started wearing button ups when he told the world to..
Swagger is nothing but a person’s sense of style and the way they carry themselves..If you was to say you learned how to dress and talk to women all on your own you’d be telling a got damn lie..All of us learned from someone and we had to admire them to add their perspective on life to ours..
Now don’t get me wrong it’s some of those type cats out there too but like i said before if you are tune with yourself then you get what you are supposed to get out of it..If not you think you are suppose to be attracted to men because you admire them…That’s the same thing that got these females out here thinking they are lesbians nowadays..Women have always admired each other without crossing boundaries..Now these lil girls think just because they admire one another they are suppose to lick each other pussy’s..But here go you a few examples of the right type of admiration and the wrong..
Example 1.) I need to get in shape..That nigga 50 got me looking kind of bad..Straight type of comment
Example 2.) Damn 50 arms and back are looking good..That’s borderline gay..
women check each other out and comment on each others style/body
i personally couldnt give a damn if a guy called me skinny or commented on my shoes. i think thats the difference between us as men and them as women. sure you want to look good but you arent trying to impress the males… are you? i guess it just has to do with who you are. im not homophobic but i definitely dont like guys gettin near me like women do.
2. stop saying swag is a MUST.
3. distinguish the difference between a hip-hop fued and a “beef”. IF YOU AINT WEARIN A VEST TO SLEEP YOU AINT GOT BEEF MUFUCCA.
“Fuc a vest put a bulletproof hat on ya head”
-Cassidy
4. no one gives two flying fucs about how much money a mufucca got when you aint doin shit to give back to the community. Dj Khaled. niggas in the hood aint got bentley’s and phantoms and maybachs. they good for dreamin but 99% of us live in reality.
5. stop rappin about crack (rick ross,jeezy, jay-z, and the clipse are exceptions)and gangbangin when 99% of yall rap niggas never knew what a crip or blood was until game came out.this means WAYNE. been wearin blu rags his whole career.( check the hennessy and ecstacy video)
6. stop the god damn dancin. act like you got some god damn sense.
7.no more club songs.
8.be deep. have a purpose for makin a song.
9. stop buying jewelry. watch blood diamond or listen to lupe fiasco conflict diamonds and realize wat the fuc yall doin.
10. WHERE’D ALL THE LYRICIST GO? BRING BACK LYRICAL CONTENT TO YOUR MUSIC. HIP-HOP IS OR AT LEAST WAS AN ART FORM.
THERE BITCHES. THE TEN RAP COMMANDSMENTS OF 2009 TIL INFINITY.
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k jokesta.. you spelled allowed wrong dumb fuck
And when your done checkin out the myspace u can download his latest mixtape/album on datpiff. It’s called Intervention, just search for “Angry Mic” and you can finally have sumthin you can bump for months for free, cuz thats what music and art is: property of the greater community.
The acting tough one is definitely a must—cuz a lot of rappers talk tough—but over half would shit in their draws if someone called them out on their shit talking!!!
One thing I would like to add to the pretending to be tough. Just cuz your from one hood—if your not a rival gang—don’t be talking shit about another hood. Rappers make it sound like they ain’t going to eventually tour on that city or some shit!! I come from a hard ass hood in the Chi, but it don’t mean our rappers should be talking shit bout entire hoods in Philly, Houston or LA! It kills me when rapper talk about a whole city. Every city has part that you don’t want to fuck with—so stop talking tough like you can talk shit and then go to that hood in a concert—and not expect some shit to pop off!!!! If motherfuckers are willing to shoot good ass rappers like Tupac and Biggie, you don’t think they’ll be willing to shoot some of these scrub rappers today—SHIT!!!!!
second..i do agree most of the jewelry looks ridiculios but to say all of the diamonds in the world are “blood dig out diamonds” just isn’t right..yes Africa is the continent with almost half of the world sources but significant sources of the mineral have been discovered in Canada, India, Russia, Brazil, and Australia, so thw whole thing sounds to me like a black idological propaganda…
And that leads me to the third and maybe most important thought i have on my – mind the rascism… i know im gonna gather a lot of hate here but as i see it black are no lesser racist thant whites/hispanics’asians or whatever other race…and of course i will give an example…and its our loved and hated genre-hip hop which is often proclaimed by black people like “our thing” and etc. so the people from other raes who take part in it are often neglected, or even worse bnned from participating in it because its “our thing” which sound to me like because Edisson i s white/jew and he discovered the electricity ,it should be used only by white/ jewish people …i dont want to sound that im hating , just speaking my mind …i just dont like the double standarts and all the hpocritical talking …peace
Make Love not War… and Dont step on the grass …Smoke IT!!!
As far as auto-tune, needs 2 b gotten rid of. Tha only person that I heard use auto-tone and actually sound good, wuz Justin Timberlake on T-Pain’s “can’t believe it” remix. Im a Wayne fan and all; but is it jus me or does he really sound like he’s constipated on “can’t believe it”. All dat damn gruntin n shyt. Hahaha
And w/sum of these rappers acting tough, needs 2 stop also. Tha only rappers I believe that can actually hold their own (as far as fighting, any1 can shoot): Cassidy, Jeezy, Jada, Gucci, sorta iffy on T.I., Jody Breeze, Game, Hell Rell and……..
Well tha list can go on and on, but there aren’t many.
t pain nigga go sell hot dogs a turner field