Um, You're A Loser.... Thanks

You know, I was just watching MTV (there is nothing on TV, cut me some slack... gaa) and at the end of every show, they play like a 60 second clip of a video. Now, I just saw this one video... I don't know what the title of it is, but it is the song that goes, "through some d's on it". Wait, I believe that is the title of the song. So the clip that I saw was dude standing in a crowded intersection (I think) rapping about how he just bought a Cadillac and he was now ready to put some "d's" on them. By the way, I think d's are rims, never heard this word before, but the kept showing rims, so I am going to assume that d's are rims. Anyway, I've digressed... the video was just ridiculous... so dude is rapping in this crowded intersection with cars driving around them and chicks on the roof and all that junk.

So HERE is the part that confused me... during the video, dude is singing and then they are showing like montage clips of I guess people where he is from or whatever. There was this one scrawny dude with no shirt on and he was just staring into the camera like he was proud and junk. And when I say scrawny, I don't mean emaciated looking, I mean like dude thought he was swole but he just really wasn't. And then they kept shooting all of these houses that looked just tore down and everything. And people were in front of them with all of these expensive cars. I mean WTF??? Be Real with your life guy, be real. You are living in squalor like conditions yet you have a car that probably could buy you a house. I mean it is absolutely ridiculous. Just like hella proud! Standing in front of these houses that looked like shacks with 100,000 worth of car on the lawn. Give me a GD break. Now, there is nothing wrong with a video that shows the conditions of poverty such as that, "Po' Folks" video that showed the typical life of a rural Mississippian (I believe). Nothing wrong with that because they don't have the means to do better and the video was showing that part of life to people that don't usually come in contact with that sort of thing. But that video... just made no damn sense.

Conclusion: Take your D's off your car and throw some of that obviously D money on your GD house, how about that.

The Humpty Dance Here's Your Chance To Do The Hump!

Digital Underground was so underrated and overlooked it really isn't even funny. "The Humpty Dance" was a straight classic OK. Woooo, I heard "Kiss Me and I'll Kiss You Back" on the radio and was getting it in the car boy! And it didn't hurt them that Shock G was fine as all get out! They are reminiscent of Parliament Funkadelic, but still they were able to make something of their own. Just good junk.

Really though, what happened to music? This was greatness. Yes, I know music must evolve, but did it have to evolve into ish?

Anyway, so on 106.1, 94.9 and sometimes 98.1, they have the old skool lunch hour and they were getting it today! Usually, I hear one or two good songs but they were on today, they even played "Mercedes Boy" by Pebbles! No, she really couldn't sing, but the beat was hot!

I also heard, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" by TLC.... greatness again.... Lucky I can't find it on imeem.com or else it would be on here.

Ahh, I miss that old school stuff ...

That Hippity Hop

I had a freaking flat tire yesterday and because I live in the boonies, I have no way to get to work, so I am sitting at home listening to music since nothing is on TV. Today, I am East Coast Lyrical Hip-Hop.

Now, like I have said many times... I am not the biggest fan of mainstream music.... especially the new stuff that is on the radio now. However, I have always been and probably always be a fan of East Coast Lyrical Hip-Hop, especially like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Common and the like. I even like more mainstream East Coast Lyricists like Nas and somewhat Jay-Z.

I love it when people have nice beats and have words to go with the beats. Anyone can produce a nice beat, but it takes an artist to make you hear the words too. It is very easy to block nonsense out, but it's harder to block meaning out. Why does it seem like the only region that has important to say is the East Coast, namely New York? Seriously though.... West Coast is about getting high and parting and Down South is about partying and strip clubs. Now I am not saying that some East Coast rappers don't rap about this stuff because they do, but it isn't what they are known for. Anyway, I digress, I was trying to say that I think people just don't make meaningful lyrics because they are just in it for the money and chicks. People don't get into the game to be heard anymore, they get in it for the fame... this has got to change people.

Also, they WAY one spits over the beat is very important. I think what is also lacking today is the fact that these new school rappers have no signature style... better yet, no style at all. People like Nas, Mos Def, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, and dare I say, even Too Short (lol) all have distinctive ways that they flow OVER beats... not with the beats. If you took out each persons distinctive voice intonation and just listen to the way that they set up words you could tell who it was. These new school people just seem to get lost in the beats... the beat just overtakes what they are saying because there is no thought behind the process.

Wouldn't Get Far

So, I just saw The Game's new video for, "Wouldn't Get Far". Now, I must admit, even though The Game isn't my favorite artist, I like this song. One, because the beat is hot and two because he is speaking the truth. The song is basically saying if these video hoes weren't out there relating these men.... they would be nowhere, thus, "Wouldn't Get Far". I mean, he coulda used a little more tact and less of the B word, but hey, it is what it is. AND he uses examples... I love it. But what I find really interesting is that he does use names to bust these chicks out. Yeah, everyone know what they do, but it's more "on the low". Yeah, he pulled a Karrine Stephans, GREAT!!!!!!

But what I am tripping about is.... did these chicks even listen to the song before they agreed to be in it? The song is pretty much boo booing all over video hoes... and yet there are STILL video hoes in the video!!!!! I mean, if someone was talking ish about track athletes, I would not be up in the video triple jumping.... it just wouldn't happen. What kind of self respecting person would do that though. Is the need to be on TV and be seen THAT strong that you would show your face while someone is disrespecting you???? Dizzam, not even that serious. Hella smiling in the video and stuff like everything is OK.

Oh yeah, I am not saying that everyone that dances in videos are hoes, because they aren't. A small portion of them are ACTUAL dancers, who aspire to do great things in their lives, not just be in the new Lil Jon video. LOL. Like Celestina, the chick that was in Prince's, "Black Sweat" video. She is a really good dancer and that is what she has a passion for. She wasn't all up in the video hella nasty rubbing on Prince and stuf... she was straight.

Conclusion: Video hoes are silly people.

Huh?

Parties are the way to social justice.
- Jus Rhyme.

He he he.... Then I suppose I should go out more then huh.

PS... that was from VH1's ego trip's White Rapper Show. He He.