It's been a minute, Brainiacs. Just running through to make my post and then I'm out for a workout session.
So I'm pretty sure this beef thing has gotten completely out of control. There's only really one legitmite beef I'm hearing about now-a-days, and it concerns Joe Budden's comments at Method Man being an inferior rapper to him. No comments on that one yet, but I imagine that one will actually be good. Method Man getting up and hungry to silence Budden [I hope], or Joey proving his comments right. That would be awesome on wax....
Want to know what's not awesome? I hate cheese, literally and figuratively. Mariah Carey recording a diss track? And Gucci Mane is on the remix? I thought the Charles Hamilton/Soulja Boy thing was silly. But apparently, this one is directed at a certain white rapper who keeps mentioning her name. I have to laugh out loud on this one, what's funnier? Mariah Carey doing a diss track, or Mariah Carey being the best option between her and Mr. Carey [Nick Cannon] to do a diss track at Eminem? People, I can't even make this up.
Here's the Mariah track, give it a listen. Tell me what you think. I think it's aiiight, it will do its' numbers because it's Mariah. It caused me to chuckle. Hopefully, beef doesn't become the popular thing in all genres. I don't think I can stand for anymore made up, manufactured, or false beefs for the sake of record sales.
And because I don't want to just leave you without some audible treats to break your necks to, here's a mixtape from Marco Polo, a Canadian producer who's got fire. You probably heard Port Authority and if you didn't, check out his work. He's the producer half of Double Barrel, and he really puts a new spin on boom bap rap. Don't believe me? Well, free music time, and decide if I'm lying or not. This is a blend tape, check it out.
Before I started contemplating what I am actually going to write for this section, I started flipping/searching/scanning the news to see what I had missed for the day. Palin's in New York and Republicans are wondering whether she is going to snub the party or fall in line to position for a presidential run in 2012 [God, let's hope not]. New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin and staff are quarantined in China due to the swine flu scare. LeBron is long gone but we are still talking about him not shaking hands. Nigeria's oil supply is being ravaged by militants and/or the government [who the hell actually knows who the good guys are in that...]. But I want to talk about something a little more important. First, some short reading...
Don't really feel like reading the whole thing? Okay. I'll make it even easier. Underground rapper Charles Hamilton claimed to have his upcoming album executive produced by James Yancey. And I'll leave this to you to go through. One more thing to read....
It's not just that he lied about it, it's the fact of two things. The J Dilla Foundation for which he claims to be giving proceeds to is no longer active. The second thing is that he tries to bring the lie full circle by claiming that making J Dilla the executive producer is in turn giving the proceeds to the family and foundation. Other than being the dumbest thing I ever heard of, I tried this rationale. Sonic aka Charles Hamilton puts Dilla as the executive producer to build press and sell records he most likely would not have sold alone on his merit.
The funny part about this is, my brother and I had a discussion about Charles Hamilton this weekend, where I explained to him that because of the mass quantities of mixtapes he keeps dropping, I've heard a lot of wackness come from him in a short time, and with all these little publicity stunts; beefs with Rhymefest and DJ Vlad; his girl giving him a two piece combo to the jaw, so on and so forth, I've decided to stop checking for Charles. Now he's gone and tried to tarnish Dilla's good name on false pretenses. Everyone from Detroit is officially not messing with this kid, and neither am I.
After this incident, I'm giving Charles Hamilton the full burn. I'm deleting all of his mixtapes and any singles I might have of his. I can't support an artist who would do something this wrong. Most of the Detroit emcees, all Dilla family, have pretty much separated themselves with any kind of dealing with this guy. I am not here to tell you what to do, but as for me, Sonic just ran his mouth into the deleted and never to be seen or heard again column.
What's happening all out there in the world! The Dean of the Brainiac Society (ie. ME) has decided that it was time to bring that wonderful argument that I LOVE having back to the forefront.
First of all, my disclaimer. I'm not a blogger. I'm a free lance journalist who blogs. I mostly blog about the things I don't get paid to cover, namely anything hip hop when I'm working in any city north of Detroit. My degree is in journalism and if you've seen any of my Facebook posts, you will know I'm a staunch defender of my craft. With that said, today's biggest issue is what is media content and what is sensationalized nonsense and how you can tell the difference.
Lots of people will use this trigger word; liberal media. Anytime someone hears something on the news that they don't like, they attribute it to a "liberal" media. That phrase has rolled off the tongue with much disdain that whenever you hear it, it's commonly pitched in the tone reserved for words like rapist and pedophile. I'm going to address this later, but to prime the pump, I'm going to drop this video on you. Nah Mean and John Public have joined together to do an expose on sensationalized media. Watch it, because it will be on a test later...
Besides being informative, this girl right here, quite the looker. And she's smart. Video features underground emcee Donny Goines and producer Illmind.
