"Ain't That Brandy's Brother..?"

Now, lets get a few things clear before I start my tirade...1, I am normally not a hater of any sort. 2, I feel as though the Ray-J/Kim Kardashian sex tape should have sold more tickets than "The Dark Knight". And 3, After you read this, I am sure that you will have the same disdain for any future music that is recorded by Ray-J..

Back to business..

While channel surfing last night, between NBC's 97 straight hour coverage of Michael Phelps Highlights, I ended up on MTV Jams and saw this nonsense..


I immediately threw up slightly in mouth!! This was hands down one of the top 5 worst songs I have ever heard in my life. As a matter of fact, we're going to get a little Dave Letterman-ish and give you the top 5 worst Rap/R&B songs I have ever heard..

5. "Smack That"-Akon ft. Eminem

4. "I Love My Chick"-Busta Rhymes

3. Anything by Benzino

2. "Them Jeans"-Master P (Might I add, at 1:15, this nigga says "I Ain't Bill Cosby but I love Jello Pudding!"..WTF MASTER P?!!?!?!)


(Drum roll please...)

1. "SHAWTY GOT GIFTS" by Ray-J

Like C'mon Ray-J! Shawty got gifts?!?! I am so angered by this song that I have had to replace the exclamation key on my keyboard 2 times while typing this post. And now that I think about it, I am not even mad at Ray-J, I am mad at the 5 to 7 ignorant negroes that support him with words like "Yo kid, dis shit is hot" or "Man, this is a club banger". Those people should be shot (along with Benzino, sorry extreme tangent). I am also mad at the studio people who let Ray-J come in and record this shit, the video director for agreeing to put this nonsense on camera, and the 15-20 grown ass people dancing in the background of the video. I am actually going to stop on this note before I throw up again just thinking about that God awful chorus!!!!!

"Hey wait a minute, Ain't that Brandy's brother"..

P.S., If anyone knows where Benzino is, kick him in the throat. Thanks.

-Yeezy

"If I Could Be Like Mike.."

"Some time I dream, that he is me.."

Remember growing up and seeing this commercial? Everyone wanted to be like Mike. "MJ", "His Airness", "The Greatest Player Ever". Some would even say the greatest competitor and athelete that any sport has ever seen. And I clearly would not argue with that..Well that was the case until I started paying attention to another Mike..

If you are a true sports fan, then you have been huddled by a tv into the wee hours of the morning watching the games of the XXIX Olympiad. Of course, the main focus of Americans going into these games was how would the "Redeem Team" fare in the first major international competition since the disappointment known as FIBA 2006. But in watching the Olympics, another Mike has stepped into the forefront as maybe one of the greatest competitors that modern sports has seen..this Mike..Michael Phelps.


At this moment, he is currently 6 for 6 at the Olympics, breaking world records (previously held by him) in every race that he has won. Currently, he has 14 Olympic medals (12 of them gold) and has held 26 World Records. He is already the most decorated athlete in American Olympian history and is on a pace to break Mark Spitz's (I'll wait while u wikipedia my man) record of 7 gold medals in a single olympic game..

I just figured I should write this because even through all his accomplishment, once the dust settles and the Bejing games are a mere after thought in our minds, will anyone truly remember the accomplishments of Phelps? Will kids camp outside of Footlocker to pick up the new Michael Phelps swim trunks? Will he be featured in the next freestyle by Jay-Z dissin Belgium swimmers (you know the whole LeBron/DeShawn thing..well you get the point)? Will little kids in the inner city begin to go to the pools and say "I wanna be the next Mike" instead of screaming the same sentiment as they hit the game winner in a pickup game? Only time will tell..

"Some times I dream, that he is me..Like Mike, If I could be like Mike!"

-Yeezy

"The Hood Love to Listen to Jeezy and Weezy..And Oh Yea Yeezy"

So, I choose this title for a bevy of reasons. First as a slight introduction to the world of blogging (Yeezy being a name conjured up by my friends during a heated high school rap battle, lol), and also as a smooth segway into the issue at hand. While sitting in my office looking for anything to pass the time, I began a discussion with one of my good friends (and future blog contributor) John about a few things. But the main point of the discussion is what happenend to hip hop? Of course anyone can blame Soulja Boy, Lil Jon for his crunk shannanigans, and even the radio stations for feeding into it. But is it ok for us to blame the producer? Just maybe..

As this discussion raged on, we came to a consensus that after the 2001 release of the classic album "The Blueprint", that there was a solid 4 to 5 year period of amazing rap music. Most of it accompanied by the soulful beats of one Kanye West (hence the other refrence to Yeezy in the title). His beats seemed to tell a story all in themselves. As I write this I am listening to "Guess Who's Back", off of Scarface's album "The Fix". This song was classic for a couple of reasons, one being the line up of artists on the track; Hov, Face and Beans (A hungry beans at that). But what stands out amongst Jay-Z yelling "TALK TO ME MANNN", is the beat. A sample of the song "Sunrise" by The Originals, it seems as though the beat expresses the true feeling that the song is trying to get across(See Bottom for both tracks). Not only was it this song, but other songs such as "Get By" by Talib Kweli, "The Takeover" by Jay-Z, and even "You Don't Know My Name" by Alicia Keys. Not to mention albums such as "Be" by Common and the aforementioned "Blueprint" which both had Kanye stamped all over it..

What happenend to soulful beats and lyrics displayed in those songs and many others? Is it that the artists that truly have a message or that can truly spit are being overshadowed by those who can simply come up with the latest dance (No diss to Soulja Boy, because at one point or another everyone has Superman'd Dat Hoe)? Is it the labels fault for dumbing down artist just to make a fast dollar? Or is it the producers fault for finding a commonality in the game and sticking to it, instead of branching out like the Early Kanye West?...

The Hood Loves to listen to Jeezy and Weezy...and Oh Yea Yeezy..!

-Yeezy