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...
http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=48665
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....
http://www.rappersiknow.com/2009/06/08/sigh/
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 The J Dilla Foundation for which he claims to be giving proceeds to is no longer active.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.
dude's an herb.
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