Tuesday, March 30, 2010
To be quite frank, Im a fan of anybody successful at what they do. That includes Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane, and whatever other rappers people try to give alotta crap to cuz its not "hip hop" lol. Shutup and go back to whistlin they songs, u just mad cuz u hear em so much haha. As far as im concerned, I wouldnt mind being the object of disgust for how outplayed or stupidly catchy my songs are lol. Feel free to disagree, to each his own.
ANYWAY, me and my nigga Wes was watchin a re-airing of the 2009 BET Awards cuz i never saw it and it just happened to be on. Overall it was whack. BET makes everything look like crap hahaha even if its good. (the American Music Awards are only one step above that....) However, the CRUNKEST moment of the whole thing (besides Joe Budden's and Eminem's freestyle), was Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane, and Shawty Lo doin "Gucci Bandana", with Shawty Lo especially all Gucci-ed out, from his boots to his umbrella! You say ridiculous? I say DOPENESS! That was the HARDEST moment of the whole program and me and Wes was TOOO hype hahahaha. You cant tell a nigga NOTHING when he come out on stage Gucci-ed out! TOOOO HARD! Like i said, think what u want, but as for me, Im bout to watch this video again!
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PEACE
Labels: American Music Awards, BET, dopeness, gucci mane, shawty lo, Soulja Boy
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Ok. So, this time last year, I'm not gonna lie, I was on rapper Charles Hamilton's nuts a lil too hard. I first heard about him after he was literally on every single hip hop blog site that I frequent. On top of that, he was one of the XXL magazines freshman class of 2009, along with Wale, Kid Cudi, B.O.B., Asher Roth, Cory Gunz, Ace Hood (?? thats wut i said), and a bunch other people (but no Drake...). Mind you now, this was before Wale was as big as he is now, Kid Cudi's "Day-N-Nite" wasn't a huge single yet, and Asher Roth was probably the most popular at the time with "I Love College" BOOOOOOO.
ANYWAY i got curious one day started lookin into Charles Hamilton more and was immedaitely intrigued by his SONIC THE HEDGEHOG OBSESSION! First off, JERK! Because i SWEAR to yall I was trying to make an entire mixtape using music from the Sonic videogames, only to find out that Hamilton had an entire 7 mixtape series with a Sonic theme. So, after hatin on him for a few hrs and bein pissed at myself for waiting so long, I downloaded all of his mixtapes.
My reaction? DOPENESS. I kinda overexagerrated a lil when i told OPENMIC that he was already one of my favorite emcees ALREADY, but the fact is I was impressed, I was a fan, and I usually dont care too much for new artists. Im at the point now where I dont listen to any artist that I cant learn from creatively, musically, and lyrically. I am in need of constant inspiration because I write and record so much. So to me, Charles Hamilton was the new crack. Not all of his songs were just OFF THA CHAIN to me, but out of 7 mixtapes, I was bound to find 20 or so BANGERS. Not to mention, the nigga was doin quite well even with airplay and video play for an up and commer. His song "Brooklyn Girls" was a really clever song that I thoroughly enjoyed and I was too hype when I saw it on the BET's 106 & Park countdown (as if I knew the nigga or sumthin lol)
But thats the thing, i thought that I kinda understood and related with Charles Hamilton. Dude was weeeiiirrrdd. I mean he is weird, with his obession for the color pink, Sonic The Hedgehog, and lava lamps. But at the end of the day, you culdnt deny his hustle. He was making moves, staying relevant, and had the songs to prove it. I read an article stating that he often slept in the studio, woke up and recorded, and did this regularly. He produced and sung a little as well, and yall know thats just like me all day. So I definitely was reppin that nigga hard as the NEXT UP.
Well.... time passed and that nigga just got ... well... LAME. And anybody that knows me, knows my kryptonite is lame people. That nigga got punched by a girl, admitted in an article that he doesn't shower alot, and even LOST a beef to Soulja Boy (who happens to be his labelmate). None of that is a good look. I've never typically been the person to let scandal ruin the music for me (Kanye is my favorite artist no matter what he does), however Charles Hamilton just fell off TOO hard. And that aint even cool. His weirdness worked for him at first, but for u to pull off bein weird, u still gotta be hella cool at everything else.... And he lost his cool factor, which only left the WEIRD
Complex Magazine did an article on Charles Hamilton's top career fails and its a quite insightful and honest article. Anybody familiar with Charles Hamilton will read it and say... "Dang... thats so truee... He effed up..." LOL
Click here to check out the article
So fast forward to the present day, a year after bein introduced to Charles Hamilton. Wale just dropped a DOPE album. Kid Cudi is undoubtedly at the top of XXL's freshman class, and Drake, who wasnt even mentioned as a freshman, has one of the most anticipated albums in rap now. But Charles Hamilton??? not one of that niggaz songs is on my iPod lol. #imjustsayintho...
PEACE
Labels: Ace Hood, asher roth, B.O.B., charles hamilton, complex, Cory Gunz, dopeness, drake, J. Dilla, Kid Cudi, lame, openmic, Sonic The Hedgehog, Soulja Boy, Wale, weird, xxl
Friday, December 4, 2009
DOPE, RIGHT?! Good lookin on this one Mike. So i downloaded it like 5 am while I was typin this paper for my marketing class and started listenin to it. At 1st, I admit I was like... I dont know... Sumthi bout his voice threw me off. Lol its like a real chill flow with Kid Cudi and Kanye Influence. And when I let my boy Sir Lazenby hear one of the tracks he said it was a Devin The Dude feel to it as well. Nonetheless.... its sick. Another reason why Im ALWAYS steppin my game up.
The tape was released on the 1st, but theres a release party in Chicago tomorrow with Chuck Inglish and a few other ppl. Dang.... I wuld flew down for that. Real talk. I got a lil saved up lol. I can splurge a lil. But i got a full weekend. haha (im bein serious tho... it aint nuthin for a nigga to get a roundtrip to and from Midway, ya feeeel me!?)
Anyway, cop the mixtape NOW if u like great hip hop, relevant hip hop, fresh hip hop. I'm definitely a true fan of his now. Kudos my nigga. Concept, artwork, music and all. Features Curren$y, Big Sean, and more
Click Here to download Chip Tha Ripper's 'The Cleveland Show'
And enjoy my fav track from the tape, "Movie"
Movie - Chip Tha Ripper
PEACE
Labels: Chip Tha Ripper, Devin The Dude, dopeness, download, kanye west, Kid Cudi, openmic, Sir Lazenby, The Cleveland Show
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Other performances include my local favorites NOBOTS and DJ Wick It, as well as Todd 1ne, Vikings, and Evervigilant. DOPENESS
For more info visit the Facebook event invite
And check out these dope fliers that DJ Bateman did!
PEACE
Labels: dj bateman, dj wick-it, dopeness, hip hop, nobots, yung and ugly
Friday, May 1, 2009
Mine is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not cool.
LOL
For real tho, ive seen some AMAZING blogs. And by amazing im not just referring to layout, design, and followers, but mainly post topics, writing style, and just overall DOPENESS.
SO yes. My excuse for not blogging these past few days is the fact Ive just been overwhelmed but so many other AMAZING blogs
I swear, all of this online stuff actually takes skill to manage: Blogs, twitter, youtube, myspace, etc etc. Its hard work to create a following and stay creative and relevant in the forever advancing technological age
Here are some blogs from either friends or acquaintances of mine that I really enjoy. You all should definitely check em out when u get a chance, and follow them if u like what u see. I know I did. I strive to be as cool as them one day (online anyway lol)
http://shessooffbeat.blogspot.com/
Primarily music review blog written by a new friend from Twitter (i know right... the craze finally hit me too). Her writing style is informal yet hella honest and real. Had me readin for a while and catchin up on her old posts!
http://www.fabglancenashville.blogspot.com/
Blog that focuses on urban fashion and style but also touches upon music occasionally. We are both Chester French fans so thats a PLUS! Hahaha written by a church friend of mine Melissa Watkins. I love the scripture at the top of the blog "Your task is to be true, not popular. (Luke 6:26)" MESSAGE! Lol I def dig her writing style as well. And she is most DEFINITELY up on her fashion. See you in Europe, Melissa!
More blogs to come. Im off to work. Its Friday, and the weather has killed my weekend high already. BOOOOO
PEACE
Labels: blog, dopeness, twitter
