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THE BIG 100

Well here you have it. After over a week of our blood, sweat and tears, it is finally here. The 100th post. We decided to dedicate this post to hip hop, by conducting a list of the best 100 rappers of all time. By using our own special formula no homo, we came up with this. So don't ask why your favorite rapper is placed lower than so n so. Hey, math is math.

Oh. And if your favorite rapper is not on the list, then that means he or she didn't make the list. We're sorry. I wanted Rick Ross to make it, but he didn't. He just missed it. Speaking of rappers that didn't make it...



Anywho, here it is!

100. Styles P.

99. Erick Sermon

98. Ja rule

97. Juvenile

96. Dialated Peoples

95. DMX

94. Whodini

93. Slum Village

92. Redman

91. Bow Wow

- Ok ladies, calm down. I know you all are spazzing over the spot your boy Bow has earned, but its not that bad. We rated a pool of rappers that was over 200 deep, so be glad that he made the cut. And I admit, the dude is somewhat accomplished. He still holds the Guiness world record for the youngest rapper to ever reach platinum status at the age of 13. What's even more crazier is that the kid is already a 6 or 7 album veteran at 21 years old, which means he's got plenty time to ditch the ghostwriters, (T.I., Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, etc) who all lent him hands throughout his career. Anything is possible. Check him out on that Brown Paper Bag freestyle he did (it's on youtube most likely). If he can continue to rap like that consistently, and leave the bubble gum rap alone, he can gain a whole new fanbase outside of 13 year old girls.

90. Canibus

89. Beanie Siegel

88. Young Buck

87. Lupe Fiasco

- What can we say about Lupe Fiasco? Lu is a young rapper influenced by T.V., anime, comic books, videogames, and Nas with a passion for fashion. He prides himself on beings a purveyor of "intellectual hip-hop" utilizing his massive vocabulary. The only thing bigger than his words is his ego which rivals that of fellow Chi-Town native Kanye West. His ego even caused beef between him and A Tribe Called Quest. Fiascogate started with Lupe messing up A Tribe Called Quest's lyrics during the Hip Hop Honors awards. Instead of apologizing Lupe attacks ATCQ, calling them irrelevant. He has yet to apologize for his actions or statements.

His first two albums were excellent, providing a "breath of fresh air" (so says Jay-Z), yet lacked the cohesiveness that makes the difference between a good album and a great album. Lu has proven that he has a lot of potential in him and hopefully he will prove this with his next release: LupEND. Lupe is also a member of Child Rebel Soldier, a new super rap group consisting of Lu, Kanye West, and Pharrell Williams.

86. J Dilla

85. Crooked I

84. Cee-lo

83. Da Brat

82. MC Hammer

81. Dead Prez

-You know the song that plays after the Chappelle’s Show theme song? Yeah, that’s Dead Prez’s “Hip-Hop”. Dead Prez is a rebellious rap duo concerned with liberation and revolution. DP is grimy and as gritty as it gets. When you put on a DP track expect something like a cross between N.W.A. and Public Enemy. Their anti-government and socialist rap keeps them from getting much airplay but if you happen upon one of their CD’s cop that shit. You’ll hear more about the condition of our people from a perspective wider than just the streets. You’ll hear songs talking about how school teach white man’s history, the oppression of the Black man, revolution by any means necessary, how the radio uses repetition to teach ignorance, how to train one’s body for combat, institutionalize racism, the fallacy of religion, struggles with common vices like weed, and how to pimp the system. Dead Prez is well known amongst some of your favorite rappers too; DP has done collaborations with Jay-Z, David Banner, Krayzie Bone (of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), and TuPac to name a few. They got a new album coming out this November called Information Age. Check it out.

80. Mc Lyte

79. Mac Dre

78. Queen Latifah

77. Mack 10

76. Lloyd Banks

75. Nelly

74. Q-Tip

73. Young Jeezy

72. Salt N Pepa

71. Mobb Deep

70. Ghostface Killah

69. Lil' Kim

68. Shyne

67. Fabolous

66. Ice T

65. The Clipse

64. Cassidy

63. Twista

62. Master P

61. Warren G

60. Daz

59. Onyx

58. Wyclef Jean

57. Juvenile

56. Cypress Hill

55. Juelz Santana

54. Ma$e

53. De La Soul

52. The Geto Boys

51. Method Man

50. E-40

- Sorry Lu, but here is thee coolest mutherfucker in Hip-Hop, E-Fonzereli. This dude is so hyphy he got his own lingo. 40-Water has been around for years and is the original “Captain Save-A-Hoe”. The Bay Area’s favorite son, E-40 has helped bring the West back on the map by bring attention to the Hyphy movement. The Ambassador of the Bay is well connected too and always had respect for southern Hip-Hop; he was doing colabos with the South’s finest (Scarface, Eightball, Master P, etc) since way back when. If you haven’t heard Charlie Hustle’s hometown hit then expect some off the wall slanguistics. 40 got a new album on the way, f.y.i., called The Ball Street Journal set to be released sometime this year.

49. Ol Dirty Bastard

48. Kurupt

47. Bone Thugs N Harmony

46. Talib Kweli

45. Big Boi

44. Mos Def

43. Dj Quik

42. Common

41. Jadakiss

40. Kool Mo Dee

39. Cam'ron

- Quick. You have three options to get you and your family out of the hood. U can go to the NBA, sell drugs, or rap. Which do you choose? High School basketball All American Cam'ron chose the dope route before the music route after his basketball career being put to a stop. In pursuing music, it was the late Notorious B.I.G. that promised Cam a spot on his upcoming music label before he was gunned down. Cam eventually signed to Rocafella records after signing under Biggie's manager Lance Un Rivera's (the guy Jay-z stabbed) label. At Rocafella he reached platinum status and had the whole New York behind him and his crew, Dipset. The Dipset don is responsible for fashion trends, slang (can u say no homo!), and amongst other things. He would've earned a higher spot if he woulda stuck to the rap formula he was using at the Roc, but being content with a good amount of money you have can change things (I.e. Snoop). Like Cam has said before, "music is whack I only do it 'cus I'm nice." Very nice of u Killa.

38. Ludacris

37. T.I.

- Before purchasing guns on the black market, it was obvious that T.I.P was on his was to the T.O.P. He has the look no homo, arguably the best swag in the game, a couple platinum albums under his belt, and he can make a hit club record with the best of him. He will have to serve his one year bid starting in March of 2009, so expect Mr. Harris to do a lot of writing for his next albums while he is in the joint.

36. Eminem

- "shady lose shady sits on the shelf"

If rap was like boxing Dr.Dre would have to be Mickey Goldmill(Rocky's boxing trainer). What he has done with music is simply amazing,but more amazing then his beats is his training. He brought out what I call the great white hope which is Eminem. At a time where we downed white rapper's,because of their past failures(vanilla ice,insane clown posse etc.) he surpassed every expectation and added some to even add him into their top 10 of all time. Some say Eminem is lyrically on the heels of great rappers such as Jay-z, Nas, Andre 3000, and even the late great B.I.G.

He has this swagger and aggression on records that people only hear on diss records, but they got airplay regularly. Eminem has sold over 80 million rap albums to date and is still the only rap artist in history to have a sold out crowd of 200,000 fans. He has sold 1.7 million records in a single week and his following album The Eminem Show to do the same with 1.2 million.There are only two other rap artist to do the same which are 50 cent(the massacre 05') and 2 Pac(all eyez on me 96')

Now with all this said why is he not number 1? He has millions of albums sold and the respect of his peers.why can't a white kid from 8 mile be simply the greatest ever? He has stated in many songs but personally my favorite song to quote White America.Slim writes a song stating that if there were more white rappers then rap would be the new country music. So is it all really just good timing and luck? Hmmm lets check these lyrics and see what Em thinks of his success

Look at these eyes baby blue baby just like yourself/ if they were brown Shady lose Shady
Sits on the shelf/but Shady's cute Shady knew Shady's dimple's would help

look at my sales let's do the math if I was black I would've sold half I
Ain't have to graduate from Lincoln high school to know that

sittin' back lookin' at
Shit, wow/I'm like my skin is starting to work to my benefit now,

they connected with me too because I looked like them

surely hip-hop was never a problem in Harlem, only in Boston,
After it bothered the fathers of daughters starting to blossom,

He said it not us lol.

35. UGK

34. Three 6 Mafia

33. The Game

32. The Roots

31. The Fugees

30. Ice Cube

29. Naughty By Nature

28. Rakim

27. Kanye West

- Sorry, Kanye. We know you wanted the number one spot but it just aint so. Yeah, College Dropout did change the tempo of the game and yeah it brought soul beats to the forefront. But Kanye, you lost me with the extra'd out ego. You're name should be in the revisioned Bible? Mr. West, I got to say the nay-no. Late Registration was a great album but it didn't have the same soul as College Dropout. Graduation moved back toward that direction but still didn't quite resonate the same as C.D. (Although you did smash 50 in that little beef). That's not being said to take away from those two albums though because they were fire.

26. Lil Wayne

- The hardest working man in rap right now. This guy is one classic album away from being elite status, or DAMN close to it. He's got some good albums under his belt, mixtapes that are just bananas, and he is featured on just about everybody's album at least once. If The Carter 3 turns out to be that classic, then that best rapper alive claim might not sound so bad to some.

25. Missy Elliot

24. A Tribe Called Quest.

23. Doug E Fresh

22. Digital Underground

21. Big Pun

20. Scarface

19. Slick Rick

18. 50 Cent

- One thing that has boosted this man to the top 20 is power. Many rapers fear this man point blank period. He says whatever about anyone and they know not to respond. He single handedly severely damaged the career of Ja Rule, who was a multi platinum artist. On top of all this his album debut Get Rich or Die Tryin is an instant classic. That album title best describes his 5 or 6 year career. Can u say vitamin water?

17. LL Cool J

16. Eazy E

15. Andre 3000

-Now you may be wondering why Andre 3000 is ranked outside of his group, Outkast. Well, it may have something to do with Andre being a ethereal force of nature when he rocks the mic. Let’s be honest now. When you bought Speakerboxxx / The Love Below You popped Andre’s disk in first. The Love Below is a genuine artwork that was relatable across the race barrier and transcended genres. Please don’t take this as any disrespect to Big Boi, he does what he does, but Andre is the headliner in the duo. Fact is fact.

14. KRS One

13. Public Enemy

12. Snoop Dogg

11. Busta Rhymes

10. Wu Tang Clan

9. Run Dmc

8. Outkast

-If you listen to an artist and stick with em from jump street more than likely you'll be able to watch them grow and mature in the game. No other rap group has illustrated this evolution as vividly as Outkast. From ceasers to dreads to perms to naturals. From hood to funkadellic to space alien to prep. Outkast remains relevant throughout the years because of their ability to reinvent themselves constantly. All their hits have a different vibe to em but manage to maintain that Outkast flavor. Outkast is successful because both Big Boi and Andre 3000 come together and blend their individual styles to form an unique, unparalleled sound. Big Boi is the steady of the group, an O.G. Of southern rap and head representer of ATL. He speaks for the hood. Andre, however, speaks for the soul; his evolution from street spitter to enlightened lyricist has personally been one of my favorite aspects of Hip-Hop. Oukast got a new album, "The Hard Way", coming out 2009 but not before Big Boi drops his solo album slated to be released some time this year.

7. Nas

- Illmatic. Need I say more to qualify his number 7 spot? This man has always been a smart rapper in his times as Nasty NAS to Nas Escobar to NAStrodomus and today as NAS. The Queen's Bridge has never been scared to preach knowledge wrought from the streets of NY. His lyrical style is profound and poetic with an emphasis on story telling and intense imagery. Illmatic, his first album, is still praised as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Although he strayed from what made him the shit in Illmatic, he brought that soul back in the infamous beef every Hip-Hop head knows: Jay-Z vs. NAS. "Got Yoself A..." and "Ether" were both hot fire; lyrical venom spat in the eye of the self proclaimed "god of the game". The winner of this beef is still debated. NAS can also be credited for mainstreaming the movement "hip-hop is dead". His next album, titled Nigger, is laden controversy and is already turning heads in the political community.

6. Dr. Dre

5. Big L -

was a lyrical monster. This man had an arsenal of rhymes and devilish flow that could spit on some light hearted punch lines like the Pharcyde then seamlessly move into some horrorcore shit that would make the Gheto Boys blush. He was a freestyle beast (youtube Big L and you'll see what I mean) and his story telling was phenomenal. Listen to this man rap and you will hear how many other rappers out have long since bit his style (I'm looking at you Jay-Z). Damn, L could tell a story too (Check out "Casualties of a Dice Game" off of The Big Picture). Big L would have changed the game if he were alive today considering he would have been the only rapper under the Roc-A-Fella name that was on par with Hova. Unfortunately, Big L was shot down in Harlem in 1999 over a dispute over his brother's debt- something L had nothing to do with. The shots were fatal and Big L died that night before getting his chance to shine.

... and now the top four:

4. Jay-Z

- No sorry Hov, your not number two.

3. N.W.A.


Before we get into the top two, honestly, are you really surprised to see who it is?

2. The Notorious B.I.G.

1. 2Pac
According to Magic lol, Jay-Z is lyrically better then everybody in this rap category
by far. We expected him not to finish number one, because there were more rap icons then Jay when Jay was simply a rookie in the game. Jay-Z came in at number 4 over 96 strong candidates for this prized number one position. #1-2 Pac(everybody's favorite) #2-B.I.G.(everybody's 2nd favorite to Pac) #3NWA(who can say gangsta rap without them?). As we can see everybody came with hits when Jay was simply a drug hustling kid in Brooklyn, New York that was to involved in the street crime to focus on the rap game.

While 2 Pac hit hard with classic albums like 2Pacalypse Now(91'), Me Against the World(95') All Eyez on Me(96') which some consider his best album ever. While 2nd best B.I.G. did something some consider 2 Pac never to have which was a lyrical flow. B.I.G. hit the mainstream rap world in 94' with one of the greatest lyrical albums in rap history which is Ready to Die. Now lets rewind some time and go back let's say ugh 88' when NWA hit the scene with a classic album titled Straight Outta Compton then another classic named 100 Miles and Runnin'(90') with the infamous "fuck tha police" track. As we all can see icons were established before Jay-Z even took the game serious or cared for it.

Well there you have it folks, Rap's 100. We know some of you wont agree with some of the ranks, but like we stated above, math is math, and the numbers don't lie. And no we are not basing it strictly on sales. We thought real long and hard (super no homo) about each and every rapper. Anywho, we appreciate you guys patience, we really do. But just know this is only the beginning...

Buck has been kicked out of G-unit

‘You can look at it and see that’s Game [former G-Unit rapper] all the way. I was giving him a chance, giving him the benefit of the doubt [to remain with the group]. You can take this as an official notice right here – pretty much you can say: Young Buck is no longer in the group G-Unit, but signed to G-Unit [Records] as a solo artist’, 50 Cent told DJ Envy, a co-host on the Hot 97 Morning Show with Miss Jones.”


Well are you really surprised?

G-Unit boss clears things up

50 cent in a recent MTV interview:

Each person in G-Unit has earned over $10 million in their career at this point. Outside of the guys that didn’t release product — M.O.P., Spider Loc, Olivia — the guys that had their project go out physically. I didn’t say they have $10 million, I said they’ve seen $10 million. What they did with their paper, I don’t know.”

“I think you have to give them something to blow it out of proportion. Buck did that. I think that what he was saying, in order to validate himself as a man, he feels he has to go against what I’m doing, similar to some of the things we’ve seen from Game … [But then] he’ll back off of it, when we’re in direct conversation. When he’s out in public, he’ll say something. They’re like my younger brothers, but they’ll do sh– for attention. They’ll do things, then when I look like, ‘What are you doing?’ They’ll be like, ‘Oh, nah, because you was doing this. … Because you didn’t call me when you were on the international tour.’ I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me? You didn’t call neither, so what does that mean?’ “

Nice how he cleared that up about not havin 10 mil, but earnin 10 mil. And it ain't no secret, we all knew Buck and 50 don't mess wit each other like that no more. What ever happened to Olivia though? More importantly, Yayo ain't had no damn 10 mil.

Lolipop is tearin up the charts

From hiphopgame:

Cash Money/Universal Motown Records multi-platinum artist Lil Wayne is once again taking control of the airwaves and breaking records in both with “Lollipop,” the first single from his highly anticipated album Tha Carter III. This is the biggest add week that a hip-hop artist has received at Rhythm Crossover and the biggest any artist has received at Urban Radio including Beyonce and Mariah. “Lollipop,” featuring Static is #1 Most Added and Greatest Gainer at both radio formats receiving a total of 138 adds at Mediabase and R&R.

With a listening audience of 25.7 million “Lollipop,” is being well received at key radio stations across the country including: New York (Hot 97), Los Angeles (Power), Seattle (93 KUBE), Miami (99 Jamz), Philadelphia (Power 99), Atlanta (Hot 107) and Detroit (Hot 102). “Lollipop” is also #1 on iTunes Hip-Hop Chart and #4 Overall, and Lil Wayne’s MySpace page received over a million unique views this week giving him the #1 Top Artist profile on the site. The video is currently in heavy rotation at MTV, MTV2, BET's Rap City and MTV Jams, where it appeared as the Jam Of The Week. The “Lollipop” video is also in medium rotation at MTV Hits and on BET’s main playlist. Lil Wayne will also appear on BET's annual Spring Bling and will be only the 2nd artist in the event's history to perform for an entire episode!


Magic where u at????? LOL!

New ish

Mariah Carey ft. Cam'ron - Touch my body (Desert storm remix)

Tyga ft Lil wayne & Gata - Exquisite

State Property - Oceans seven


Dj clue coulda picked a better beat for that touch my body remix. About that tyga song ummm, i'm still gettin adjusted to Wayne's singing. And who would've thought, State property still exists?

Kanye sued for copyright infringement

Some guy named Dayna Staggs aka Dmystro (never heard of him), is suing Kanye and Rocafella for allegedly stealing some contents from a song from Staggs, and placing it on Kanye's successful single Good Life ft. T-Pain. And the Staggs guy wants a whopping 85% of all the money received from the song.

I'm not the smartest man in the world but i coulda sworn that Good life contained samples from Michael Jackson's P.Y.T. But hey I could be wrong.

Fab takes Hov's formula for next album

Like Jay-Z's most recent concept album American Gangster, Fabolous is preparing to do the same for his next album.

"So what I'm doing now, I seen a movie I want to theme the album after," Fab told MTV. "Even take certain lines, different scenes out of the movie and make music behind that. At the same time, I can have the producer check the movie out, and he'll have something he can take away from the movie and come back with some joints. I wanted to try that this time."

"What Jay-Z did [with American Gangster] ... he took that Frank Lucas character and put it in the frame of his Jay character. That's what I wanna do. I don't wanna say I that I'm actually the character, but take some of his scenarios or some things I went through and tell it in my tone."

I wonder what movie he's gonna base it on..

The King will be free for Easter

House arrested rapper T.I. has been granted temporary freedom from a federal judge. This Easter Sunday, T.I. and his family, as well as his attorney, will be attending a church service to celebrate the holiday. The judge granted him leave from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. This past November, he was denied permission to host Thanksgiving at his house, but now he gets to leave a few hours for Easter. Good for TIP.

Hustler's Ambition

Jay-Z wants all the money for his new label:

Jay-Z is apparently asking “way too much,” an insider said. “He wants a label to give him $100 million for the Carter Music Group and provide for overhead, development and digital investment. It’s crazy. He wants the labels to basically be his venture capital fund — but unlike a venture cap, they won’t get 50 percent. This is not the ’90s anymore.”


Ummm ok I know all about the "aim-high, settle for less" strategy Hov but c'mon Jigga! Who are you gonna sign? Chris n Lil Neefy?? Freeway?

Curtis still playing his favorite game

Here's what Curtis had to say about Joey Crack's recent lackluster album sales:

“Fat Joe just passed away. Soundscan came out and he sold like 46,000 copies,” 50 says, via video, with tears streaming from his eyes. “DJ Khaled is almost finished, he’s done.”

“The results are in, Elephant In The Sand (50’s latest mixtape) wins by a landslide. [It’s at] 400,000 copies downloaded. On ThisIs50.com, a staggering 220,000 downloaded there and if you don’t believe me, you can go check yourself and see it. It’s a fact. I think this is really bad for him. I think that the space that he’s in right now, he won’t ever create material that makes him relative. Every album, the n—- put out one song that’s good. The rest of the sh– is just trash. It’s not even worth buying the CD.”

Come on Curtis. Why are you pickin on poor ol Joe? Puttin out a mock mixtape to make sure the man cant sell? Damn that skandalous, Fif. U know he's no competition. Try pickin on somebody your own size, or better yet, holla at Kanye. OUCH!

Game still goin at Curtis

Fresh out of jail serving a 60 day bid... errrr... 8 day bid.. The Game has released a track partially aimed at old rival 50 Cent. The track titled "Big Dreams" pulls in listeners when he shouts his newly created nickname, "Curtis Kryptonite".

Way to go Game. Get that buzz for that upcoming L.A.X album.

Click here to listen to "Big Dreams"

Freeky Zekey raps to Big Brother beat about Cam'ron

The flow is whack but its worth listening to and it provides a lot of insight on whats goin on in the dips camp.. click HERE to listen

Beleive it or not, the demise of dipset is not good for hip hop

Jay-Z on The Cam'ron/Jim Jones feud:

"I said it in one of those records on the R. Kelly album: “You know your friends when they don’t need you no more.” Y’all see if y’all really like each other. When people don’t need you, you never know. ’Cause if they need you, they’re going to be quiet about the situation. [Whispers] “I hate this nigga! This nigga wear pink one more time…” It’s like, okay, now let’s see if you can deal with success. That’s just how life is."

I don't think Jay could've said it any better. If there's one thing that Shawn knows about whats lacking in the music industry, it's loyalty. Face it, when it comes to the money, friendship, family, none of that shit matters in the world called Hip-Hop. Loyalty, or the lack there of, has affected almost every group, label, etc. Along wit disloyalty comes it's buddies greed, and jealously. It's a ghost that everyone in the industry wants to avoid but seems almost ineveitable once that cash flow comes in. And it seems it's most recent fateful stop made it to a group on who I USED to call a movement, which is better known as the Diplomats.



Rewind to 2002. A New York based emcee that some rap fans who were familiar with releases his biggest album to date on Jay-Z ran label, Roc-a-fella records. The fly, flashy, money hungry, energetic flow of Cam'ron boosted himself to platium status on his 3rd album effort overall, first roc album Come Home With Me. The lead singles "Oh boy" and "Hey Ma" off the album featured his young protege Juelz Santana, who Cam brought along with to also ink his own solo deal with Roc-a-fella. Along with the album success, fans began to follow Cam's pink fashion trend. Me personally, I never got into it, but I know I seen lots of people who did take heed. Pink New Era fitteds, pink jackets, it was a hot mess. But Killa Cam, didn't stop there.



After the immediate success of the Come home with me album, Cam got the green light from co owner of Roc-a-fella at the time, Dame Dash, to bring his other childhood friends along for the ride, Jim Jones and Freeky Zekey. Cam'ron and longtime buddy Jim Jones branded Diplomat records and released their first album, the successful double disc Diplomatic Immunity through Roc-a-fella. Now Cam's got everything set up. He's got his career rockin, a few grammy nominations, people we're checkin for Juelz and Jim's albums, and he got hip-hop fans beleiveing his crew was a force to be reckoned with. The only way was up. Right?



Fast forward to about eh, 2005. The diplomats have grown into Dipset the movement. More members, more money, more album deals, more album sales, just more more more. It seemed as if Cam got a new chain every month. Juelz started picking up his own fanbase. Freeky was in jail most of the time, and Jim slowlly but surely became known. Dipset created a cult like following, a la Wu Tang Clan. EIther you loved Dipset or you hated Dipset, nothing neutral. And more importantly, they created lingo. Can u say "no homo"??? 'Cause it seems like everyone else is.



However with the ongoing success unveiled the arrogance and cockyness of Killa Cam pretty much thinking he could say whatever he wanted in a song. He had rave reviews in his debut acting job in the movie Paid in Full. He was the CEO of the most powerful movement at that time. He had every one rocking pink. There we're rumors he was dating Mariah Carey. His 2nd and last solo album on Roc-a-fella, Purple Haze went Gold with barely any promotion. All that sure has to boast any man's ego. Yet his flow was not the same. He did not carry the energy he used to before he started to get some big paper. It seemed as if he became "comfortable" with the money he made. Only the hardcore dipset fans could tolerate it. The haters hated it. However Jim and Juelz still followed suit referring Cam to as "the boss", "the don", and "king Joffe Joe." Speaking of that lack of promotion of Purple Haze, Cam and the Dipset left Roc-a-fella because of that and of course, the obvious, Jay-Z taking full ownership of the ROC. Which then began a feud with Cam and Jim vs Jay. But we'll skip that.



I can't really pick a time where it began but it was evident that Cam started to play the behind the scene role while Jim and Juelz we're showing up at all the parties, awards, sporting the rockstar swag. But it always wasn't like that. Whenever you seen Killa Cam you'd see Jimmy and Juelz right along with him. You would still see Juelz and Cam together but rarely Jim and Cam, maybe for a video here and there. People began to ask questions if there was any tension between the Don and the Capo. I do know that Jim began to create more of name for himself breaking through the game. Was Cam getting jealous of Jim's spotlight? Was Jim tired of Cam's shenanigans? It all became official when Jim released his biggest single ever, We Fly High (Ballin). Cam was in the original version for the We Fly high video, but wasn't in the remix video, who featured just about every member of Dipset, which sparked even more questions.



Then they both tried to play the cool role whenever asked about it. "Ain't no beef blah blah", "Cam is my brother forever", "Jim is my brother forever", yea whatever. I wasnt buying the shit, because here's where it gets fishy. You all know about that little beef 50 Cent and Cam started with each other. Now all dipset fans, even hiphop fans in general know that whenever Cam had beef with another rapper (Nas, Ma$e, Jay) that Jim would hop along and take Cam's side. In the midst of the Cam-50 beef, Jim and Juelz hop on stage wit the enemy, 50! Juelz said he was there just to support Jim, but where does that leave Jim? Why would he hop on stage with 50 knowing that he was beefin with the dude that put him on? It made Killa look like he lost all power in the group he started. But by this time Cam was no where to be seen. After the youtube video of him standing in front of his pool telling 50 it was gonna be a hot summer, he was full blown M.I.A. There we're alot a questions to be answered but Jim finally broke his silence:

"Me and Cam'ron haven't spoken to each other in a year...I kept quiet out of loyalty, I felt like if we can't be friends then at least we can do business together," Jones explained to Miss Info. "But now I can't be next to you...I'm through with being in hot water because of you...We still the Diplomats. We worked too hard to achieve our own success and now we're gonna do something new."


Shit sounds like a movie so far right? Doesn't end there.




Months and months go buy making it look like Jim is the new leader of the Dips now sans Cam'ron. No music was heard from him, no interviews, nothing. But members of the dipset insisted he was still the leader and he was just "chilling". Out of nowhere he resurfaced and released a mixtape around November of last year and released this statement to New York radio personality, Miss Info:


"I still haven’t spoken to Jim. But Jim ran with me for over 10 years, he worked hard, and I wish him the best of luck. Everybody thinks I’m mad at Jim. Why am I mad? I told people for years that Jimmy was gonna be a star. So its better on my resume…I wish him the best. The only thing is, him being with 50, I can’t really run with that. Hang out with who you want to hang out…but me, I can’t really do nothing like that."

Then the nigga puts out that mixtape which was cool but he went back M.I.A again! LOL.



Anywho, it has been revealed that Jim and Cam was going thruough "disagreements" but now the whole group is collectively working on Diplomatic Immunity 3. Me as a fan, I'm not even really excited as I normally would be 'cause I don't beleive it. The shit just aint the same. One of the things I loved most about the dips was that they we're so closely knit. Go back to the top of this post to what Jay said of the situation. When Cam was the only one who had the money and the status Jim and Juelz we're loyal as ever. Now that all three have established themselves it's just ain't the same. Cam has dipset as a whole, Jim has byrdgang, a subset of dipset and Juelz has Skullgang, another subset of dipset. It's tremendous they're all bosses but damn can yall at least do another song together? The most important fact about it is hip-hop aint the same without them together. Yea I know they ain't the most lyrical but they are always a topic of discussion. Who are the haters going to hate now on? Soulja Boy Tell 'em? Sound off! Fans and haters!

New Fabolous Mixtape

This new Fab is FIRE. Its hosted by DJ Drama. His mixtapes be way different from his albums, he steps the game up. The last mixtape I had from him was his Rise to Power double CD, and that was fire, and this one is about just as good. Peep these tracks. Lol he raps 2 Kanye's Barry Bonds beat and he talks about steroids the whole song lol


fabolous gangsta grillz intro
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fab barry bonds
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fab suicide
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fab hey papi
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fab fall back
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New sh!t

Props 2 magic

Here are 2 new tracks from Rick Ross and Mary J. Blige, both including Jay-Z. Both songs is hot. Kinda funny that this Jay and Mary song is released the same day as the newly scheduled dates on their upcoming tour. Sound off!

Listen 2 Jay-Z & Mary J Blige- "You welcome" produced by Swizzy, Click Here

Listen 2 Rick Ross ft. Jay-Z- "Maybach Music", Click Here

What a Fiasco...

At first I thought I was the only one who hadn't jumped on Lupe Fiasco bandwagon until the homie Magic agreed with me when I was like "I just can't see myself drivin down the street bumpin Dumb it Down." The homies Zeke, C-San and other fans try to explain to me that Lupe is really that nigga when it comes to this lyrical stuff. I always knew the dude can spit but I just haven't even came close 2 purchasing either one of his CD's, not even a couple keystrokes 2 download them. Although I do respect what he does, I just never cared for the dude.

I think its because he's weird. Nah ...

I think it was because a year or two ago when me and few friends of mine seen him @ Jerry's Deli one night and I seen how LF reacted towards a fan who complimented him on his music. He basically dusted her off and kept it pushin.

Or maybe when I went 2 UC Riverside's homecoming a couple years ago where he was headlining and he arrived five hours later than scheduled. It was outside and I was like freezing. No apologies, just a birthday song led by him 2 a female fan where afterwards he told her, "Now get the fuck off my stage."

Or maybe its just cause he comments on sensitive issues like racism like this:

"Racism built this country," Lupe said. "Racism built the world. Racism is the basis of all societies. It's a necessary evil sometimes. Especially to keep democracy, keep us all comfortable."


Wait, wait. There's more:

"I find comfort living outside the matrix, with all the evil robots and living underground eating oatmeal, that's where I want to be because that's true."

Oatmeal and evil robots. Sounds like a potential Lupe album title.

Sound off.

C-San interview with urbansteez.com

I'll say it b4 and I'll say it again: get with the WE MAJOR movement now before its too late! Don't try to hop on the bandwagon when they arrive at the ultimate destination, the top of the rap game! I'm tellin' yall man, the West is coming back with a new flavor courtesy of C-San, K-Mak, Uncle Dave and the rest of the crew. Check out this great interview at urbansteez.com with We Major ent's own C-San by clicking HERE

Common - The Light (Prod. by Just Blaze)

Props 2 tha homie Magic

Here is a new joint by Common called "The Light". It is produced by Just Blaze. Lets just say Common owes this nigga Just by blessing him wit this beat. You can listen to it now by clicking here

Sound off! What yall think?

My open apology 2 Jay-Z

Dear Hov,

Although you are the God-mc, I am pretty sure u arent aware of my love/hate (no homo) feelings toward you. In the past there have been times where u made buisness decisions that have pissed me off, and there are times where you make joints like "Song Cry" that stays on repeat on my iPod. Let me clarify a lil bit...

That shit you pulled off where u became the President of Def Jam, but also acquiring the primary ownership of Roc-a-Fella record, causing your longtime buisness partners Dame Dash and Kareem Biggs and whoever else jobless, that shit was mad foul. I was hot. It essentially became the break of a "dynasty" of what most of the Roc fans would call the label. It was never the same. The Diplomats left, you made rocawear crapawear, you left Kanye in a rock and a hard place position where he had no choice but 2 stay under your wing, knowing all the while he was Dame's project. I would never forgive u.

As I continued on wit my frustration towards you, a certain rapper that was once on your roster started 2 attack you. And quite frankly, I loved every second of it. That rapper was one of my faves, Cam'ron, and when he came out wit those 2 disses on u on that fateful day I was cheering for joy. Everyone knew yall didnt like each other anyway, and it was just a matter of time before Killa fired off. But boy "oh boy" (no pun intended), it was a failed effort. You barely even replied, making Cam lookin like a lost barking dog in a abandoned yard. Without even saying his name, the most notable line that seem to shut up Killa Cam was the "only time u went plat my chain was on ya neck" u fired toward him. That pretty much deaded it. One shot kill.

Once u kind of brushed off that half ass beef, I kinda noticed or figured out rather, that Cam was just a mere pawn of your once buisness partner, now bitter foe, Dame Dash. It was so obvious that Dame pushed Cam to diss u, because Cam didnt have a legit reason 2 go at u imo. Rocafella fans know that like Kanye, Cam and the Dipset was another project of Dame's. Both Platinum acts @ your label, maybe one of the successful acts that u were'nt exactly proud of. It then hit me that I purchased Hard Knock Life, The Dynasty Album, The Blueprint and others of ur albums, way before I even knew who Cam was. And besides, I dont know Cam, never met the guy so why was I siding with him. Oh wait, I did meet him, Juelz and Jimmy @ the fox hills mall back in like 03, but that aint the point.

Anywho, let me stop dragging on and on. I'm sorry big homie. I'm sorry for turning on u like that. I'm sorry I kept using that "jay-z bites other rappers all the time" line @ your hardcore fans. I'm sorry I burned Blueprint 2. I'm sorry I dont have Reasonable Doubt and don't know where it is. I'm sorry for clownin on u at lunch at school and then when its time for class I turn on blueprint 1 on my iPod. I'm sorry I fantasize about your girl from time 2 time. Sorry for the frontin, sorry for the clownin, sorry for everything. I'm sorry I wont and cant label you the best of all time, but I will label you for ONE of the greatest. And I'm sorry you probably arent going 2 be able 2 read this! Ha! (man i gotta get this blog jumpin)

Sincerely your fan,
Kiyoshi

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