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Fuck This Game, I'm Done!

January 24, 2008 | Tags: Hip Hop, Jay-Z, nino bless, urban legends, retire, rap game

What up ya'll week 2 of this year with the blog. The past couple of years we've heard from more rappers than we should about "retirement." Anybody who believes anyone of these brothers is naive or simple minded. Fact is Jay-Z tends to start trends without even knowing. That whole retirement shit sounds good for rappers to say but fact is this ain't nothing like sports. In sports the stats will just show you when it’s time to quit or your knees will blow out. This rap shit ain't like that at all. If your knee's go out on stage then you don't need to retire from Hip Hop, you just need to upgrade your body with calcium. Real is real it seems corny with all these MC's talking about retirement especially when some of them ain't even been in the game a decade strong. With Saigon I don't think it was a cry for attention. I think he truly meant that shit and that’s how he felt at the time. He was frustrated. With these other dudes, I think it’s a ploy like when a female wants to hear dudes say "you’re so pretty" even though it’s obvious that they are. They just trying to hear "no please we need you don't go." Dudes is all of a sudden retiring from rap. What the fuck is this? In the words of Killa Priest ... "What part of the game is that."

I'm a move on now cause "Urban Legends" (http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/audio/id.4044) has caused some controversy. For the record I was not getting at Nas or 50. I don't understand why cats don't listen. Right after the 50 line I said "that’s stricly bullshit." One blogger that I found on google said I claimed to have known who killed Jam Master Jay. LOL What the fuck? When did I claim to have any information on that case? I said "he got clapped for some shit that I can't really say." Shit who said I knew any information? Then there's the Nas line. "know mad niggaz who if they see you bling it’s a fact/ in public, like Nas ... they don't know how to act." I'm referring to the fact that I know people who if they see jewels shining even in public they don't know how to act ... like NAS. I'm not saying my boys robbed Nas at all. I'm saying my boys don't know how to act ... like NAS. Ever seen Belly? Nas is one of my top 3 favorite rappers so this ain't a diss on dude. He's one of my top 3 favorite rappers but on the same token he's one of the 5 worst lead actors I've ever seen as well. Who cares if Nas is an actor though? He's an MC and that I will NEVER discredit him for. Sorry if that line went a bit over your heads.

Also, there's no dry snitching on that record as some lame or misunderstood fans said. Nobody is going to jail because of that song. Everything I spoke about cats either said it in print, have said it on a DVD, or on wax. If there was something fresh you never heard on the record before which there was a few things, trust me it wasn't dry snitching. No street dudes is trying to chase me down cause they can catch a case cause of it. Anybody who thinks that doesn't understand what it is. Just cause you watch "Street Smarts" on TV doesn't mean you know what’s going down in the hood. Fact is when you watch you probably get some of the answers wrong. It’s ok I understand. Now with all this misunderstanding of my record I'm feeling like I want to retire. So please post comments and tell me how I shouldn't cause I will feel so much better about my day if ya'll did that. You know nobody gets "Urban Legends." They thought I snitched, they thought it was a publicity stunt, they got my words misconstrued. Fuck this I'm done with rap. Thank god my boy manages Best Buy. I'm going over there and fuck this rap game. Ok hope some you understand I'm not serious. Don't sit here and put me in that box and respond like "no name rapper quits before he started"......Hey you never know! I know a few people who don't catch on to basic sarcasm. They Hip Hop fans too!

Hopefully that cleared a few things for you nincompoops who said silly ass comments. If it didn't then think as you wish. You can take my words and interpret them as you please. As long as you’re listening that’s fine by me. Grafh (of Black Hand) who's affiliated with so many respected OG's across the globe put it best. "Bless ain't snitch he's just describing niggaz strengths and weakness points. Too bad for them they shouldn't get mad. They should just get stronger." Real OG's in NY I have spoken to from the Black Hand fam (do your research) to cats affiliated with some of the things I said on the song. They all know what it is. One person I know was there for like 3 of the situations I spoke about in the song. He knew what it was. For all you cats that thought I was just a knuckle head kid who did that not knowing what I was doing, sorry but you were wrong! I choose my words very carefully at all times. I knew when I was writing it what the difference between my song was versus somebody who put shit out there that will have his door being knocked on by the smurfs. I don't talk much about me personally. I don't claim to be no gangster or no superthug. I'm not a featherweight though when it comes to street shit. It is what it is, I'm no slouch. If you thought I was then that sucks for you. I meant everything I said on the record if cats got mad. Even if you’re an artist. If you got offended then don't worry we'll eventually talk or whatever. I won't get caught sleeping not knowing that I can be accountable for my words. My show dates will appear online or whatever so I ain't hard to get at in person. Not hard to contact either you can myspace me and I will respond personally right back to you we can build on the phone, meet up or whatever you want. For now, it’s a dead issue cause I got more music to release.

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Til next week .................YURP!

Get ready for the "Untold Scriptures" mixtape!

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The Definition of a "Smart Hater"

January 09, 2008 | Tags: joe budden, nino bless, hate vs opinion, smart hater

First blog of the New Year. We switched the days up on ya'll. No more TGIF's for me. It’s Wednesday from now on for the slow pokes. So right off the bat I started off the New Year with some momentum and now people are actually recognizing me. Well not in public. It ain't that serious. In general people know I exist more so now cause of "Four In The Clip" and "Times Are Hard." Let me explain how the record "Times Are Hard" came out. I was actually supposed to get Budden on "Four In The Clip." I sent him that record and he fucked with it. He heard all the verses. He was down to do it but he was taking care of his own shit with MM3. Once we missed the boat with Budden we decided to go with Ortiz who showed love and it ended up making more sense anyway. 2 strong veterans and 2 up and comers. I still wanted to do something with Joe so I basically got at him and sent him "Times Are Hard" which is a Focus & Jay Life song.

I had that record for 2 years and I loved that song. I had an idea for that song when I first heard it and me and my partner told Focus about it. He was down to let us rock with it. Later on Focus ended up using it on a mixtape for something. I wasn't mad at all, I never claimed it. A little later I was pushing hard to put this project together and I got at Focus and said "dog let me rock that joint." He said "you can have it but we leaked it on a mixtape a while ago." That shit didn't alter my plans one bit as I still ran with the record. I love the song and I'm getting love from all over cause of the song. I appreciate Focus for lettting me rock to the joint. He even went as far as to say he'd let me use it on a LP cause nobody pushed that record seriously. I did and I believed in it a lot. Joey and I did what we did on that record and its helped me get a decent buzz online; which essentially is important since everybody and they moms literally is online. Thats important. Some people are like "hey I heard that before." Calm down Jada & Styles used Ras Kass joint "We Goin Make It." Doesn't take away from a good song so cut it out. It’s Hip Hop, that’s what happens. It’s not like I didn't get Focus' clearance for that. The singer Jay Life did his thing. There's an extended version dropping on my mixtape. The retail version you can cop off my site. Me and Joe added another verse to it. Joe loves the record and he's getting crazy feedback from it personally. Joe; when he heard it said "dog I could've spit 4 verses to this." Same here cause I love that song and how we put it together. Little did I know that record is now getting me several major radio station spins. Major spins and we ain't talking about rims, booty clappin, gummy bears or tic tacs on that record. There are DJ's out there who appreciate good quality music, believe that. It’s caught me off guard… the love that song is getting all around. Good looks Joe for hopppin on that record and supporting (I'll keep ya'll posted, the stations that play it and etc).

I ain't trying to be that dude who just spits battle verses all day and slick punchlines all the time. I got quality joints and conceptual records in the stash you will hear sooner than later. Mixtape is right around the corner you'll hear soon enough. It ain't all about kicking slick punchlines man, sometimes it’s about making a good song and writing a verse that fits right with the music. I had to rep my Boricua side as well spittin in spanish. For those that caught that you already know. There's a huge stigma about dudes who can do mixtape shit or kick battle rhymes but can't make songs. I don't have that problem. We'll be showing you that more and more weeks to come. I play 3 instruments, wrote joints that have gotten mad spins and even wrote for some singers. I know how to construct a piece. I like going against the norm a bit though and not doing the typical 16, hook and repeat with a bridge thrown in. I do different shit all the time and I like pushing the envelope as you'll see on this song "Urban Legends" I'm leaking real soon.

I'm going to leave this and end this with the difference between "hate" and "opinion." The word hate in a sense has fucked up Hip Hop. People who said how they felt in a negative way and just didn't like shit were considered "haters" all of a sudden. It completely discredited people’s opinions right away. If I don't like something that don't make me a "hater" get over it you clown sock. That shit ain't my flavor stop trying to convince me I'm "hating." There's some niggaz that do "hate" and those are the cats who go out of their way to hate and you can spot that from a mile away.

Note: make sure when you are "hating" you try not to make it obvious because THAT in itself completely discredits your opinion. The key is being a "smart hater." Those are the tricky ones. Follow, if you need lessons on being a smart hater. Holla at me all day and I'll school you. It’s pretty ill cause you can then convince people rather than make them just discredit you or just keep arguing with you which just makes you look like an asshat. "Smart hating" has gotten me very far in life, I promise. I made my girl stop liking Kanye cause off of it (hey Ashley babe).. pause. That was not gangster but I had to throw that in cause it’s the truest shit ever spoken. Real talk if you wanna "smart hate" holla at me I can make you convince people that certain people suck. I'm so good at that it’s scary. You can't convince people that someone is good though. That’s not "smart hating." See negative influence is so much easier. I don't know if it has something to do with the devil being the only angel who ever stepped foot on this earth or what but who knows. You can't convince somebody all day that somebody's good. Only overexposure and money can do that. Hence ... Hip Hop today.

holla at ya smart hater

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