New York Hip Hop Strikes Again
A few weeks ago I went to a showcase of Atlanta’s best underground talent, and to see my homies Sean Faylon and Brittany Bosco. While waiting for my home girl Brittany to go on stage I bumped into R&B star Lloyd and we had a quick conversation. He asked me “Why don’t up north rappers stick together?” I thought about it and the only thing I could come up with was that after Biggie died, everyone wanted to be the king of NY. Lloyd pointed out how there is a lot of love in the south and talked about how everyone sticks together down here. I ended our conversation because I know he wasn’t there to end up on a blog.
Fast forward to today and during a Ace Hood video shoot violent broke out,when NY rapper Jim Jones and his crew allegedly jumped on an unidentified man.
As celebrities like Polow Da Don, Young Buck, Jadakiss, DJ Khaled, and Juelz Santana were making their exits, several men exited the soundstage, chasing an unidentified man.
Seconds later, the man was reportedly assaulted by a group of men, who were allegedly part of Jim Jones’ and Juelz Santana’s entourage.
Immediately following the fight, both Jones and Santana were rushed away from the scene by their security details.
The alleged victim walked away from the incident apparently unscathed.
I’m so sick of these super hard core New York rappers who are the main reason to blame for East Coast Hip Hop falling off. We were once the pillar’s of “Swag” and originality, but now we are lost. No one from up top is original. Take the new Ron Browz song ‘Pop Champagne’ done entirely in voice vocoder. The song is cool don’t get me wrong, but do we really need another rapper rapping like the computer Rudy from the Jetsons? Let T-Pain live.
There is so much going on in the world that could be rapped about, like the economy, gas prices, or having a job like Rick Ross, but we would perfer to talk about spending money the regular people don’t have, and of course b*tches and ho*s. I say East Coast rap has become the “John McCain” of music because they just don’t get it. Kanye is coming out with a new style like every other week, and New York rappers are still trying to make down south songs.
Contrary to popular belief there is no formula for making a hit record. I might like one song by you today and hate the next song by you tomorrow, all sent to me by ‘Best of Both Offices’. (What up Steve) Let’s go back, Wu-Tang came out speaking about the way of life in the slums of Staten Island, Jay-Z came out speaking about how “hustling just ain’t you”, Nas came out speaking about his skills and life being a bitch. Therefore I say it’s not hard to tell, that unless NY rap starts being original again, innovating again, and stop trying to kill everybody they come in contact with, then Biggie, Big Pun, and every other deceased hip hop legend will continue to toss in their graves until the birth place of hip hop starts producing fresh, lyrically fruit. Put out a Joell Ortiz album!!
Stop The Violence
