Jay-Z Speaks On The Blueprint 3 Cover
August 4, 2009
Jay on the Blueprint 3
What the game needs is Mr. Sean Carter aka Jay Z. Jay has been one of the only rappers to have phenomenal success both musically and his business ventures. Many of us have been greatly anticipating the release of The Blueprint 3. In this interview Jay sits down with MTV news to share his thoughts on what the game is missing.
The Game goes in on Jay-Z | Jay replies? | Hiphop Beef is played!
July 8, 2009
Well not long after i gave Game his props for showing maturity in his apology to Dre and Fif, he goes in on Jay for no apparent reason. On the low he’s been taking shots at Jay but now its out in the open. This is nothing new to me, nothing new to Hiphop, and should be nothing new to you either. Game seems to ALWAYS make one step forward and then take one step back (maybe two steps back in this case). Showing growth and then reverting back to the same ol Game we recognize him to be. I dont understand why he has had issue with Jay but then i really dont too much care. You should already know where i stand as far as rap beef is concerned. Beef is tired, boring, lame, stupid, as well as an old marketing tactic to create buzz, and i promise when i see beef coming i turn my head and walk in the opposite direction. I really shouldnt be paying any mind to this beef, as if ignoring it would make it go away lol, (if we all ignored it maybe it would) but the people love drama as we can see from daytime soaps and reality TV, if you ask me rap beef is no different than an episode of “Days of our lives.” SMH….
and Jay replies… (on not only The Game but Jaz-0 and Dame Dash too)
Dear Letters Series Returns: Dear Al Sharpton
July 3, 2009
I am happy to say to all followers that I am bringing my “Dear Letter” series back. If you are not familiar, it is a series where I address certain people on issues, concerns, recent happenings that may be going on with certain celebrities. Some of you may remember my “Dear Kanye” letter in which I addresed the platinum selling artist on his use of auto tunes in the entire “808′s and Heartbreaks” album. Unfortuantely Mr. West never got my letter, much to my dismay he released an album entirely recorded in auto tune. I can honestly say it some what worked and some what didn’t work for him. I say it was too repetitive! But who am I really? Exactly! Lol. Thank God Jay-Z recently released “D.O.A”(Death of Autotune) which should have come at least a year earlier, yes I was tired of it then. Anyway back to the subject at hand in my latest “Dear Letter”…….
Dear Al Sharpton,
Greetings Al! I won’t take the time to address you properly by calling you Mr. Al Sharpton, its not that I am trying to be rude….well maybe I am. Who cares! Anyway! I have been meaning to write you for a very long time. Your recent appearances on tv following the death of the late great Michael Jackson reminded me why I have been wanting to holla at you. Well I cannot speak for all my people but I for one can say I am tired of you popping up in the media every time I look around. Whenever there is something major going on within the arena of famous African American(black) people you find a way to get in front of a camera. When The King of Pop passed I thought for sure maybe this time you would butt out and sit your ass down and let the family and fans mourn. But no you just had to find a camera and mic to add your penny of a thought to the situation at hand. I am still at this very moment trying to figure out where do you fit in this whole scenario, oh I know you don’t. Your just a crooked ass tired black negroe political pimp who wants to be seen and heard all the damn time. It makes me sick to my stomach every time I see your tired gray permed ponytail on the television butting into the latest news within the black community. Al we do not care for your opinion. You do not speak for black people what so ever, I do not know why they try to make you the voice of us. Jay Z said it best on his “American Gangster” album by saying, ”And If Al Sharpton speakin’ for me// Somebody give him the word and tell him I don’t approve”. Al for decades now you have found a way to swindle yourself into the eye of the media to give your opinion like you truly care for your people. You have led several news conferences, rallies, protest, ect. Why don’t you shed light on why you do this Al! You do it to get paid. I am aware that everything you do its a dollar amount behind it. I am sick and tired of you using your own people to put money in your own pocket. Here is my word of advice Al: Cut the damn perm off and keep your ass away from the camera. You need to just fade to black and go somewhere far off and let us forget your existence. What Black America needs is someone who truly cares for us and is not in it for the money. Someone who truly cares to uplift our community and you Al are definitely not that. I am hoping our nations president Mr. Barack Obama can be that but its still alot of work to do before we fully determine that. You on the other hand are a Phony Black Fake Pimpin’ Wanna Be Reverend. So I am saying goodbye(singing:nah nah nah nah oh Al! Al! Good Bye!), I am expecting you to stay out of our(Black America’s) business. I expect you to step away from the mics and cameras immediately. Thanks!
With Pleasure,
CB aka Lou Alcindor
PS: Ay Jessie! I got my eye on you!
They love you more when you’re dead | Michael Jackson tributes or pimping his death?
July 1, 2009
Jay-Z said “They say they never really miss you til you dead or you gone,” in “December 4th” and i think that’s the best anyone could have ever said it. But is it really love? Is it a tribute? Or simply piggy backing on the buzz? If you know anything about buzz marketing, piggy backing on something already in the media spotlight is an easy marketing plan in itself.
I’ve always wondered how much of it is love and how much of it is business. When B.I.G. died, and Diddy released one of his biggest hits to death, a Notorious B.I.G. tribute in “I’ll Be missing You” how much of it was paying tribute to a lost friend VS the obvious monetary advantages of post death releases. Everyone knows dead artists to mulit-platinum. Note the rising sales of anything Michael Jackson after his death, in some cases leaving stores with empty shelves where MJ albums might have collected dust just last week.
So with Joe Jackson calling press conferences not to announce funeral plans but to make known his plans to start a label, along side the crook known as Al Sharpton (never trust a man with a perm, and never trust a man with a drawn on mustache who stands next to a man with a perm), you have to wonder why, and why now? I DEFINITELY think he’s guilty of pimping his son, again! He’s riding the buzz created by the death of Mike, and it stinks, stinks to high hell if you ask me.
But does it stop there? So the BET Awards. Tribute? or Pimping? I think we all agree that they could have been better, for whatever reason. Some say the time constraints didn’t allow for great tributes, while others say they really had no intention of producing good tributes. I believe they did it for the ratings. 
What about the t-shirt vendors and peddlers selling R.I.P. shirts alongside their Lakers 2008-2009 championship shirts they pressed up two weeks ago. And the many remixes, tribute songs, and mixtapes that will inevitably be released in the coming days and weeks. Tribute or Pimping? How many of them truly loved the man and how many of them are opportunists using yet another event to keep their name in the streets?
What do you all feel about: 50 Cent, Lil Wayne Classics Fused With Michael Jackson’s On New Mixtape
“Michael’s death was surprising — everyone was in a state of shock, and as we here at MTV News worked to compile two specials to celebrate the life and legacy of Jackson, Mixtape Daily went on a short hiatus. But we’re back today and ready to continue the celebration of Jackson’s life and work. Two talented producers, Cookin’ Soul, checked in from the studio and showed us how they laid it down on their Tribute to the King mash-up mixtape.” Check out the rest
My arguments stems from the fact that if there is money to be made how can you tell if its a heartfelt tribute and not just some monetary ploy? Personally and honestly i think that most of you are full of sh*t [forgive my language, but im angered by this]. I think most of the so called fans only now love Mike because it seems like the politically correct thing to do, its what “in” right now, and whats popular is what creates attention, builds buzz and makes money.
Most of you probably talked bad about him, right along with the American media, called him every variation of a child molester, yet you now shed tears, you visit memorials, watch videos and leave comments stating how much you miss him. Bullsh*t! I know of a couple people who loved Mike before the death, who stuck up for Mike when harsh words were said, and those very people are true. But the bandwagon fans, and the artists who may have never met him and may have never been fans before his death…. So as we watch his album sales break records, listen to new remixes, download tribute songs and mixtapes i have to wonder how much of it is for MJ. He’s gone, what does it benefit him, seems to me that it benefits only those who use his name for THEIR gain. An honest tribute in my opinion is a free download, a youtube video, but i promise if i see it on iTunes, on an album, if you try and sell it to me a the mall for $5, or shoot a video and air it on BET, VH1, or MTV, call a press conference and announce a record label, or slip in a performance by wack ass New Edition doing a Jackson 5 rendition at an Awards show, ‘ima call it like i see it’ YOU ARE PIMPIN HIS DEATH! Gone…
Jay-Z | Death of Auto Tune Live at the BET Awards | Premier of the Video
June 29, 2009
The Return of REAL HipHop? I’ll let you decide. But he killed skinney jeans and auto tune in three 16s. Thank God for Jay, “Thank God for Hiphop” [look up, its our motto], well thank God for Jay on the skinny jeans and auto tune issue. If he isnt bringing back the rugged version of hiphop us 25 plus-ers grew up on, he’s definitely putting in a petition for its return. Let the story begin…. begin….
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