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October 31, 2007 | Tags: none

Since it's Halloween and all, I figured I should put some not so pleasant thoughts into your head. I'm going to take you on a verbal journey to the future. Somebody bring a video camera, because this could be scarier than any stupid ass horror flick you'll catch on TV tonight.

This concept started to dawn on me while I was flipping through channels and caught the tail end of Run's House on MTV. I mean look at the guy. He has grown kids now and everything. He's surely not getting any younger. Hell, nobody on earth is getting younger. But for a rapper…this means something. Perhaps I understand why Jay-Z took the retirement route now (even if he didn't stick with it).

See, a lot of the clout that rappers maintain comes from their image. This is why Abercrombie & Fitch wearing white guys couldn't get away with talking about the stuff that, for instance, Tragedy Khadafi would speak about. It just doesn't look right. Well you know what else doesn't quite look right? Old people rapping. Eventually these guys are going to get old, granted they're fortunate enough to live that long, and you can't escape the aging process. So how's T.I. going to look like when he's some 70 years old talkin about "what you know about that?". I sure as shit don't need to know about your constipation problem, that's for sure. I mean I don't see too many 70 year olds banging groupies and pushing drugs. The content matter is suddenly gone and all he has to talk about is his past. Which we've already heard. And that's only if people can get over the fact that he's 70 and trying to rap.

Geriatric rappers just don't work. So this Halloween, take some time away from working out the fine details of your Michael Vick costume and think about what your favorite rapper will be looking like 35 years from now. Hell, if you want it to be even scarier, think about what the video models will look like come that time. But I'm not trying to give you nightmares and shit, so don't think too hard about that one*.

Need inspiration? Creative thoughts lacking? Shit, 35 years from now Eminem might not be too far off from this…



Have a safe Halloween, everybody.





*Gravity. It's real, son.


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