....Record company people are shaaaaaaaaady! If you know your hip hop like I hope you do, this one is obvious. New school rappers and sucka emcees alike, take note. Listen to old school hip hop. Before it was about the money, it was about knowledge. And it seems like new rappers are learning this lesson the hard way. The knowledge you hip hop third graders missed is what I got in kindergarden [literally]. When A Tribe Called Quest dropped that gem, I was literally a young whipper snapper. And I've remembered it ever since. So when these rappers, I sometimes stop short of calling them all artists, fall short and get played by the machine, it's not at all surprising.
Especially when Sean "Puffy" Combs is involved. I love Diddy. No lie, I appreciate the hits he made and he was the driving force behind Biggie, so I will always give him Phil Jackson status. Along with that goes the "Phil Jackson sideways stare." What is that you ask? That is when you slightly cock your head to the side, like something not-all-the-way straight is going on. Like you smell old fish. Something's just not right, considering the artists that have had success with Diddy and STILL left. Or didn't have any success post-Puffy, and decided to write the book about how Puffy did them. Or testimonials of Industry Rule #4080.
Yung Joc is the latest to succumb to the downfall of #4080. So why am I posting this? Well, because it makes me sort of happy with these cash chasing dudes with no skill don't get what they are chasing when they did the "music" they did. I don't mind dudes getting paid off rap. That is not it at all. What I do mind is dudes putting garbage out and getting paid for it. Maybe I should be mad at the clowns that actually buy that trash, but it's easier to direct the blame at the creator. Just because people will buy fertilizer doesn't mean I support putting shit in a bag and selling it. Pardon my French.
And just so you know, I might continue this series. Listen to Tribe, dumb rappers, so you can get your teaching. And listen to Usher, Mary J., Mase, the LOX, Loon, Shyne, 112, and Faith Evans who all got the hell away from Combs as soon as possible.
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