"MERRY NEW YEAR 2012 to all my peoples and associates!!"
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope it was safe and enjoyable and you got to kiss a lot of random girls [or guys...or whatever your fancy] when that ball dropped. Lord knows I had a good time, even though I was in Midland, I made the best of a bad situation and it ended up being dope as hell. Even had some hip hop jams going in the bar I was at. Now for those that don't know Midland, that was a pretty dope accomplishment. Imagine my surprise that I heard a Dilla track in a place where non-Hip Hop loving white folks were at. I wish someone would have taken THAT picture. Rather than the one where I'm getting my hair pulled by some chick while I'm at the restroom stall. For 2012, we need some of these heauxs to learn some form of decorum in the new year. I digress.
I'm hungover like a mug. Had a great time last night, handled biz, even drank some Ciroc. But that's over. It's 2012. And one of my resolutions that I'm KEEPING is to hit you in the head with more content. Plus, got some things in the works for a new website. And a calendar for my alma mater. And not a lame one. 2012 is gonna be a huge year. So here's the first blast off for the year. What we need to do to make this year a much greater year for Hip Hop. Spotted on TiRon's Tumblr, here is 100 suggestions to improve the game this year! Comment accordingly. It is now time to OD on water so this headache doesn't knock me out! Heading to church, people! Peace!!
2. Stop listening to radio stations that play the same 5 songs.
3. Stop blaming Diddy.
4. Stop Diddy. [I thought he told you that he don't stop, thought he told you that he don't stop, eh eh!]
5. Stop dubbing every new jack “the next great” this and that.
6. Stop charging body parts for shows.
7. Stop fabricating feuds to sell records. [I really, really hate this. We know it ain't all that, c'mon son.]
8. Stop putting Lil Wayne on every song.
9. Stop saying hip-hop is dead.
10. Stop hating Kanye for being weird.
11. More battles, less beef.
12. Stop biting Jay-Z’s flow.
13. Stop biting Biggie’s ad libs.
14. Stop putting weed carriers on your album.
15. Stop trying to please everyone.
16. Stop leaking entire albums song by song.
17. Stop making posthumous collaborations.
18. Stop getting arrested for dumb things.
19. Stop being homophobic. [Can we please stop this? It's 2012, time to stop being an asshole, for real.]
20. Stop blaming record labels. [This should be STOP SIGNING to big labels. You don't need em if the product's good. Real talk. Mac Miller went gold and NO one took his pie cuz he hustled. MESSAGE!]
21. Stop whining about how much you miss the golden age of hip-hop.
22. Stop cluttering albums with corny skits, unless you’re Prince Paul.
23. Support creativity with your wallet. [Ehhhh....okay. I'll try.]
24. Stop making 50-song albums with 90% filler. [Nope. STOP making 13 song albums with 90% filler.]
25. Stop faking the funk.
26. Stop calling people who disagree with you “haters.”
27. Stop hating.
28. Stop kissing ass for favors.
29. Stop saying you miss “real” hip-hop.
30. Stop hating Jay-Z.
31. Stop saying you’re carrying ___ city on your back. That’s not even possible. [Most in your city don't like you anyway...just saying.]
32. Stop acting too cool for school at concerts.
33. Stop rapping about the same three topics.
34. Stop rapping about UFOs.
35. Stop promoting sexual violence under the guise of hood reportage.
36. Stop defending misogyny.
37. Stop being a Twitter groupie. [Can I still groupie porn stars? Fair question.]
38. Stop taking contrarian views for the sake of being different.
39. Stop hating people who disagree with you. [Yup. That's what's up!]
40. Stop dissing Soulja Boy.
41. Stop Soulja Boy. [I didn't know he was still around to need stopping. So I win...]
42. Stop dissing people who make dance-tastic rap. It’s been around forever.
43. Support innovative DJs.
44. Actually make the effort to move the crowd.
45. Stop radio payola.
46. Stop blog payola. [I do need someone to pay me for this. But you don't have enough loot for me to say Nicki Minaj is a garbage version of OLD Lil Kim. Damn biter!]
47. Push the envelope.
48. Stop biting. [Nicki....]
49. Stop yelling on mixtapes.
50. Stop blaming bloggers.
51. Make meaningful music.
52. Stop obsessing over airplay (or lack thereof).
53. Stop showering undeserving veterans with blind praise.
54. Stop sleeping on unsigned talent.
55. Stop hopping on trends.
56. Stop making everything a race issue. [Yup. And this INCLUDES white people. Why do you want me to talk about race? Are you trying to bait me into an argument? You aren't NEARLY that smart. I will play you EVERYTIME without mentioning race. Learn that now and save your pride.]
57. Stop being so gimmicky.
58. Stop calling everything a concept album. [Especially since mostly, they don't have any kind of consistent flow throughout the album.]
59. Stop making tinkerbell
60. Stop blaming skinny jeans. [I disagree, TiRon. Skinny jeans have GOT to GO. Period. Get out your sister's closet!]
61. Stop blaming hipsters.
62. Stop explaining your art.
63. Let your music speak for itself.
64. Stop playing it safe.
65. Invest in better artwork and packaging.
66. Stop promoting ignorance.
67. Stop burning bridges over stupid things. [I will have to take this advice...]
68. Stop bragging about sales. [Bullsh*t sells now. Sales no longer impress me.]
69. Stop showing up six hours late to your own shows.
70. Stop blaming the South.
71. Stop putting people in a box.
72. Stop tossing “classic” around. [YES!! How is it classic if we forgot your album after the next mixtape dropped? C'mon son!]
73. Stop congratulating yourself on every other song.
74. Stop trying to sell the same album twice.
75. Stop looking for the next 50 Cent.
76. Stop hating people who color outside the lines.
77. More rapping, less singing. [Ummm....Aubrey? You used to be dope until you started trying to be Try Songz. Stop that.]
78. Stop wasting your budget on video hos.
79. Do tell me, how do you get in those jeans.
80. Stop getting murdered by Eminem on your songs. [I don't think that will change.]
81. Stop telling me to “bring that sh-t back!”
82. More improvised freestyles, less written freestyles. [If it's written, it's not a freestyle, it's just a verse you DIDN'T work hard on. Period.]
83. More originality, less biting.
84. More RZA, less Bobby Digital.
85. More effort, less ghostwriting.
86. More albums, less mixtapes.
87. Stop using auto-tune to mask a lack of singing talent.
88. Stop making contrived girl songs.
89. Stop wearing obnoxious gold chains.
90. Stop calling everything a movement. Civil Rights = movement; Bugatti Boys = not a movement. [Or I will continue saying f**k your movement, ni**a.]
91. Stop shooting up the clubs.
92. Stop wearing jackets that look like LV handbags.
93. Stop nominating idiots for Hip-Hop Honors.
94. Stop handing out awards to the same 5 people every year.
95. Stop sending impostors to your show (I’m looking at you, DOOM).
96. Ban Diddy from Twitter.
97. Stop putting baby pictures on your album cover.
98. Be aware that the roof is not literally on fire.
99. Retire the word “swag.”
100. Stop trying to save hip-hop. It doesn’t need saving.
Bonus: From me.
101. F**k Nick Cannon. Just because.... [What up Hex!!]
102. Read Big Ghost Chronicles Blog.
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