Man, I don’t really expect too many heads to be checking for me here (although I am surprised because I do get emails and feedback, so thank you all who do care..) I have been insanely busy in my ‘real-life’, job, school (yes, as I mentioned in a previous post I have gone back to school to acquire the degree I never got. In my 2nd semester now, so far rockin’ a 3.8 so I’m feeling, like, smart an’ stuff :-)
Two quick notes, I wanted to state for the record, just because I have been missing my hip-hop state of mind lately..
1st.
50 Cent is really quite a genius. After defining the mixtape genre, moving on to conquer actual record sales, and being one of the largest entities in music, not just hip-hop, this guy drops this Sincerely Yours mixtape that is really kind of genius. I mean, content/lyrics completely non-withstanding (although he spits rather decently on it, I say), the concept is brilliant. String together all the summer BBQ flavored hits that everybody and their mama (especially their mamas) know, spit a lil’ here and there, and give it away for free. Flex plays the sh*t out of it, mad heads playing it in the yard, on the block, etc., and even the folks who are not entirely 50-fans (like wifey), can’t really complain or turn it off, because by the time 50 is done with his 16 or 32, you are jamming! Just a really cool concept, and I have to give it to the guy.
2nd.
I was at Big Ced’s weekly Industry Cosign party a couple of weeks ago (shout to Ced! Cool cat.), and Ralph McDaniels was there. I didn’t get the chance to meet him, I didn’t stay that long, but I just thought of how many DVD magazines have cropped up in the last couple of years and thought damn, this dude is the Godfather of these things. I always got a little extra respect for someone who did something first, especially so long before it became the “thing” to do, so my hat again goes off to Ralph McDaniels, the O.G. King of “Man In The Street” Hip-Hop.
That’s all for now. Thanks for tuning in. Hope to come back soon. As always, working on a couple things up my sleeve.
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