Originally Posted by dreamhigh
Ny's hottest artist right now is nicki minaj and who she signed to ... hmmm ... the real bottomline rap how you want, but there was no purpose of coming out saying that in an interview
Originally Posted by dreamhigh
*%% ..do yall ny %%%%*% know that nobody thinks your artists are hot anymore.. the average joe will say wayne is the best rapper alive... so why the %%@# would anybody care where jay elect is from ... cali's not know for BARS as yall like to put it. and you dont judge nipsey or wack !+@ Game ... jay elect was a $*#!# for that ... and yall act like it matters, he prolly would of had a better chance to go mainstream with his accent.
I feel what you're saying. But dude is from New Orleans. The birthplace of the biggest rapper in the game. Its not like he was from Alabama or Mississippi or some %**. New Orleans rap scene has been accepted all over the country. I remember before Juvie really hit it big hearing about him up in NY doin' some %**.Originally Posted by IKnowRap
Originally Posted by rocyaice
Yea it is wack. You're probably speaking from a fans perspective. And i'm a fan of his too but its wack. He shouldn't be condemnded for it. He went and snagged up some NY cats along the way. But he only did it because the thought he was from the East.I personally think its wack. Ashamed or Embarrassed what's the difference? Both are attributed of a self hatin' N.
Not really a fans persepective....Consider yaself a rapper from Louisiana, home of No Limit, Cash Money, Trill whatever you know the background, you know after u say "Dirty South" theres one thought after u say "Louisiana" there will be another thought....
if your style is nothing similiar to the cats u getting grouped with and people not taking your word for it....what would u do? (keep in mind u not down South no more where its all love unless u just wack)
A cat can peep a NO cat off slang alone and have it made up in ur mind that he prolly gon rap just like he talk. BOOM door close...so what would u do?
Or say the label wants to sign u but got a twisted view of you and wanna ride the down south wave and tell u to spit the best rhymes bout broads rims and drugs, what would u do?
But Jada has sold more than Gucci Mane (almost 140K more) who is one of the hottest cats in the south... & Jada has consistantly UNDERacheived throughout his career, but has still managed to move more units than Gucci who has DEF OVERacheived... & Jada's last album was his WORST selling album to date...Originally Posted by Harlem On The Rise
Originally Posted by dreamhigh
*%% ..do yall ny %%%%*% know that nobody thinks your artists are hot anymore.. the average joe will say wayne is the best rapper alive... so why the %%@# would anybody care where jay elect is from ... cali's not know for BARS as yall like to put it. and you dont judge nipsey or wack !+@ Game ... jay elect was a $*#!# for that ... and yall act like it matters, he prolly would of had a better chance to go mainstream with his accent.
Cali isn't known for bars?? Cali has always had lyrically driven music weather it be a Ras Kass, Xzibit or the Liks or the Heiroglyphics or Ice Cube to Kurupt...
Cali has a pretty solid history when it comes to lyrcist and rappers alike... Where you're drawing YOUR conclusions from, I don't know...
Crazy thing is before this article Jay didn't strike me as a self hating dude. I see him rep New Orleans healthily. I see him rep the South. But this is definately the attribute of one.Originally Posted by SEND ONE
Extremely lame on Jay's part. But not surprising. I've met tons of self hating southerners. Never understood that.
@ the direction this thread took. Some of y'all need to get them chips off your shoulders......it aint healthy.
cube is a decent rapper... he aint no got damn lyricist... kurupt is ok... but thats 2 people... who are barely even active now... and yea they're still from the west but that means the average listener doesnt know them... nobody knows who del is either... thats that backpack *!*! from the west.. i only know about del cuz of my backpack phase and i didnt know who the %!%% ras kass was til rassassination...
He said in the interview this was years ago. Lil' Wayne probably wasn't the Lil' Wayne we know now. And Wayne changed up his sound too. That wobbly wobbly drop it like it's hot wasn't getting him the attention that he's getting now. Wayne got with an eastcoast artist and changed his whole style up but I guess that's different.Originally Posted by rocyaice
I feel what you're saying. But dude is from New Orleans. The birthplace of the biggest rapper in the game. Its not like he was from Alabama or Mississippi or some %**. New Orleans rap scene has been accepted all over the country. I remember before Juvie really hit it big hearing about him up in NY doin' some %**.Originally Posted by IKnowRap
Originally Posted by rocyaice
Yea it is wack. You're probably speaking from a fans perspective. And i'm a fan of his too but its wack. He shouldn't be condemnded for it. He went and snagged up some NY cats along the way. But he only did it because the thought he was from the East.I personally think its wack. Ashamed or Embarrassed what's the difference? Both are attributed of a self hatin' N.
Not really a fans persepective....Consider yaself a rapper from Louisiana, home of No Limit, Cash Money, Trill whatever you know the background, you know after u say "Dirty South" theres one thought after u say "Louisiana" there will be another thought....
if your style is nothing similiar to the cats u getting grouped with and people not taking your word for it....what would u do? (keep in mind u not down South no more where its all love unless u just wack)
A cat can peep a NO cat off slang alone and have it made up in ur mind that he prolly gon rap just like he talk. BOOM door close...so what would u do?
Or say the label wants to sign u but got a twisted view of you and wanna ride the down south wave and tell u to spit the best rhymes bout broads rims and drugs, what would u do?
But my main problem is that if dudes really are putting stereotypes on dudes who come from the South then shouldn't Jay try to change that? Show that a cat from the south can spit? What Jay to me is hurting the rap scene even more. He could be helping the South's image for the next rapper who may have had the same insecurities as he has coming into the game but instead he's gonna hide his accent? That's wack to me. I takes nothing away from the rapper. He's a talented guy and i'm a fan. But personally this puts a stain on him IMO.
Originally Posted by 5dividedby4
He said in the interview this was years ago. Lil' Wayne probably wasn't the Lil' Wayne we know now. And Wayne changed up his sound too. That wobbly wobbly drop it like it's hot wasn't getting him the attention that he's getting now. Wayne got with an eastcoast artist and changed his whole style up but I guess that's different.Originally Posted by rocyaice
I feel what you're saying. But dude is from New Orleans. The birthplace of the biggest rapper in the game. Its not like he was from Alabama or Mississippi or some %**. New Orleans rap scene has been accepted all over the country. I remember before Juvie really hit it big hearing about him up in NY doin' some %**.Originally Posted by IKnowRap
Originally Posted by rocyaice
Yea it is wack. You're probably speaking from a fans perspective. And i'm a fan of his too but its wack. He shouldn't be condemnded for it. He went and snagged up some NY cats along the way. But he only did it because the thought he was from the East.I personally think its wack. Ashamed or Embarrassed what's the difference? Both are attributed of a self hatin' N.
Not really a fans persepective....Consider yaself a rapper from Louisiana, home of No Limit, Cash Money, Trill whatever you know the background, you know after u say "Dirty South" theres one thought after u say "Louisiana" there will be another thought....
if your style is nothing similiar to the cats u getting grouped with and people not taking your word for it....what would u do? (keep in mind u not down South no more where its all love unless u just wack)
A cat can peep a NO cat off slang alone and have it made up in ur mind that he prolly gon rap just like he talk. BOOM door close...so what would u do?
Or say the label wants to sign u but got a twisted view of you and wanna ride the down south wave and tell u to spit the best rhymes bout broads rims and drugs, what would u do?
But my main problem is that if dudes really are putting stereotypes on dudes who come from the South then shouldn't Jay try to change that? Show that a cat from the south can spit? What Jay to me is hurting the rap scene even more. He could be helping the South's image for the next rapper who may have had the same insecurities as he has coming into the game but instead he's gonna hide his accent? That's wack to me. I takes nothing away from the rapper. He's a talented guy and i'm a fan. But personally this puts a stain on him IMO.
It was a business move... Him being from the south would have been a disadvantage for what he was trying to do musically...
Originally Posted by MusicalExcellence
Yea it is wack. You're probably speaking from a fans perspective. And i'm a fan of his too but its wack. He shouldn't be condemnded for it. He went and snagged up some NY cats along the way. But he only did it because the thought he was from the East.I personally think its wack. Ashamed or Embarrassed what's the difference? Both are attributed of a self hatin' N.
