RAP IS BACK IN THE EAST COAST.

I think in recent times that the east coast has taken, or to put it in better prospective, the east coast has predominantly the best rap albums coming out, and other than for LIL WAYNE'S movement, the southern rappers ain't selling like before.

I could remember back like 4 years ago, the south took over the dominance of the rap game from the east, and they ran with it. During that era, you had rappers like T.I blowing to full bloom, CHAMILIONAIRE, PAUL WALL, and a lot of bubble gum rappers i can't really remember their names. To show you how irrelevant their short lived music was, i can't even remember half their names.

I think the east is getting hold of the rap game right now, and it is looking good. When someone as noncommercial as JADAKISS can sell more copies than more than half the southern rappers out, then you know it is looking good. Then you have Jay-Z is still selling crazy numbers as we type. I think that is a good look at the rap game right now.

GRAMMY WINNERS IN THE RAP CATEGORY.

Yep, the grammy's have come and gone, and we have gotten winners and galant losers again. Although i feel some people deserve awards and didn't get; well there is nothing i can do, i guess the winners are the people's choice(or are they not?).

BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE;

NOMINEES;

JAY-Z D.O.A 9DEATH OF AUTO-TUNE) WINNER!

DRAKE- BEST I EVER HAD.

EMINEM- BEAUTIFUL.

MOS DEF- CASA BEY.

KID CUDI- DAY N NIGHT.



BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP;

NOMINEES;

EMINEM FEAT DR DRE AND 50 CENT- CRACK A BOTTLE.

WINNER

BEASTIE BOYS & NAS- TOO MANY RAPPERS.

FABOLOUS FEAT JAY-Z- MONEY GOES, HONEY STAYS.

KID CUDI FEAT KANYE WEST AND COMMON.

KANYE WEST FEAT YOUNG JEEZY- AMAZING.



BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION.

NOMINEES;

JAY-Z FEAT KANYE WEST AND RIHANNA- RUN THIS TOWN.

WINNER!

BEYONCE FEAT KANYE WEST- EGO (REMIX.)

KERI HILSON FEAT KANYE WEST AND NEYO- KNOCK YOU DOWN.

THE ONLY ISLAND FEAT T-PAIN- I'M ON A BOAT.

T.I FEAT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE- DEAD AND GONE.


BEST RAP SUNG;

NOMINEES;

JAY-Z FEAT KANYE WEST AND RIHANNA- RUN THIS TOWN.

WINNER!

DRAKE- BEST I EVER HAD.

T.I FEAT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE- DEAD AND GONE.

KID CUDI- DEAD N NIGHT

JAY-Z - D.O.A (DEATH OF AUTO-TUNE.)


BEST RAP ALBUM.

NOMINEES;

COMMON- UNIVERSAL MIND CONTROL.

EMINEM- RELAPSE.

WINNER!

FLO RIDA- R.O.O.T.S

MOS DEF- THE ECSTATIC.

Q-TIP- THE RENAISSANCE.



Okay, there you have it. Come to think about it, i don't have any complains about any winners, i just don't think jay should have won twice for the same song.

Like maybe they wouldhave just given keri and kanye that best rap/sung collaboration. And how come blueprint 3 and deeper than rap weren't nominated in the best rap album category?

As i said before, there is nothing i can do.

A LOOK AT THE BILLBOARD CHART.

Hello people? I have not done this in a while, as a matter of fact, i have been off my blog for a while now, and i know i have lost a lot of readers, but i'm back and better, and ready to continue serving you with only the best gist in hip hip/rap, and my take on them.

On the billboard chart, there are not really any new rap albums doing good, it's still same ol JAY-Z, EMINEM...

The YOUNG MONEY album "we are young money" did 21k this week, bringing it to a total of 232k after about a month. I am not looking at gold for this album, but i wish them luck.

Eminem re-released his RELAPSE album around the end of last year, and it gave the album a boost. I guess he is trying to get the album over 2 million copies sold in the u.s. This week, the album sold 17k, bringing the total to 1,777,000. I think it is still going to have a big problem going double platinum, because people hardly ever talk about the album anymore.

Jay-z on the other hand has a lot going for him; dropping two singles off his latest album in the last 4 weeks, which are getting heavy rotation on radio, and the videos also being played constantly on t.v. I think if he keeps on pushing, he might just make it to double platinum. This week, his 11th album, blueprint 3, sold 15k, bringing the total to 1,549,000.

The biggest disappointment to rap right now, 50 CENT sold just 7,300 of his 4th album this week, bringing the total to 365,000. I can't believe that an artist that was known for selling millions, and even once selling 1.1million in his first week, is finding it hard to go gold after just 4 albums in. I think people are just tired of the same old tactics that 50 cent uses to promote his albums; starting a beef with a well standing rapper, just before he drops his album.

the clipse are still on the charts, although they are not doing high numbers, but they have never been known to sell platinum, but they have always dished out quality rap music. Their new album, "til the casket drops" sold 2,900 copies this week, bringing the over all total to 62,000.

JAY-Z RUMORED TO BE GAY.

I don't know what to think with all this rumors that have been coming up about JAY-Z, and all this disses from ex associates of his; i don't think there is an old friend of his that has something positive to say about the dude. The guy is a great rapper; one of the greatest, if not the greatest, if we are looking at consistency, but when it comes to the other side, the business side, the SHAWN CARTER side, then it gets shady.

His former best friend, and ex partner of ROC-A-FELLA records, DAMON DASH has been taking jabs at him for a while; Dame even sponsored JIM JONES just so he could go after JAY-Z. He also backed CAMRON with information when he was going at Jay. I don't understand why this guy is hated so much. Is it that there is a side of him that we are not getting to see on t.v, or hear on radio? I mean, i think all this people can't all be jealous, at least some would be right about what they are saying.

When i heard BEANIE SIGEL had dropped a diss("not your average cat") towards jay, i could not believe it. Well i guess the only person that would stay loyal till the end is MEMPHIS BLEEK, because jay keep money in his pocket. I remember a line in the diss song beans made for jay where he goes "i can say things to make bey look at you different"; i wonder what sigel has on jay that would make bey, and all of us look at him different.

And all the countless rumors about him belonging to the ILLUMINATI cult, or some other form of UNDERWORLD society. I really was sidelining those rumors until i watched a video where this preacher/pastor goes in on jay and some of his lyrics, which he claimed where demonic, and made to lure people to the dark side. He even played a remix version of LUCIFER, a track on jay's BLACK ALBUM, where jay raps "murder jesus, 666". Now, that really scared me.

The latest rant now is that JAY-Z IS GAY, i don't know how true it is, but jay's former mentor, JAZ-O had that to say. Read below how trying to post that story on GLOBALGRIND, blog owned by RUSSEL SIMMONS, C.E.O of DEF-JAM, AND jay-z's long time friend, cost the person his job.

Whoa! MediaTakeOut – or MediaFakeOut as some call it – ran with a screaming headline, “Explosive Allegation: Jay Z’s Former Friend Suggests That [he] Engaged in Homosexual Acts!!!”

According to MediaTakeOut, which also posted a videotaped rant from the past pal, rapper Jaz O, “Jay’s former friend appears to be saying that Jay is involved in some kind of GAY SECRET SOCIETY.”

Because Gossip Cop doesn’t print expletives, we can’t really publish too much of what Jaz O said, but we will report that he also used the ever classy hand signal of sticking his right index finger into his rounded left hand, and noted Jay-Z’s “involved in that play.”

Additionally, Jaz O makes some sort of other nonsensical claim that Jay Z lets people “feel him up.”

Forget how outrageous the allegations are about the man who put a ring on it with Beyonce. We’re sure legal types will address that.

The question is why did MediaTakeOut even publish this story and post the video? Unfortunately, we don’t know because our request for a comment from MediaTakeOut went unanswered.

But we know exactly how Russell Simmons feels about it. Simmons, the legendary founder of Def Jam – the label that Jay Z ran – told Gossip Cop the story is “bad reporting. So stupid.” He added, “That’s ridiculous. Misery loves company,” and felt “it’s sad people writing sad stuff for short-term relief, but then that again promotes long-term sadness.”

Now, i want you to read what some people on that blog had to say(comment) about this:

Russell was going to expose Kimoria , so why he defending Jay wnen he was going to air out his kids mother . Dont understand none of this bulls*** , but I do know one thing , you better do your dirt by yourself because you never know when salt will be thrown in the game. Jay z isnt GOD, and I'm sure everyone isn't lieing !!!

IT DONT EVEN MATTER WHETHER JAY IS GAY OR NOT. NONE OF THIS WAS BROUGHT UP UNTIL NOW, WHICH IS A SHAME... IF BEANS AND THE REST OF THEM COULD NOT GET THEY sh*t RITE IT AINT JAYS FAULT. AND JAZ-O SHOULD GET A LIFE (PERIOD) HE SHOULD FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO WITH HIS TIME. AND ASK HIMSELF WHY IS NOW THE TIME TO START SNITCHING AINT THAT AGAINST STREET CODE... I DONT KNOW IM JUST SAYING. AS FOR BEANS HE HAD HIS CHANCE HE DIDNT WANT IT HE WANTED TO BE IN JAIL MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE SO HE GOT WHAT HE WANTED (JAIL TIME FOR A YEAR AN A DAY) I DONT SEE THAT BEING JAY'S FAULT. AS FOR JAY'S FRIENDS.. HE'S WITH THEM AND THATS TY-TY AND BLEEK AND THATS ALL HE NEED, "NO BITCHASSNESS". BUT IF I WAS JAY I WOULD SUE JAZ-O AND WHOEVER ELSE FOR WHATEVER THEY HAVE(NOT THAT JAY NEED THEIR MONEY) BUT JUST TO SEND A MESSAGE AS HE DID WITH THAT JOBLESS PUNKASS CTHAGOD... THATS RITE JAY SUE THEM JEALOUS BITCHASS PUNKS FOR DEFIRMATION OF CHARACTER... I BET THEY'LL STOP TALKING OUT THEY ASS THEN... LOVE U JAY HOLD UR HEAD UR FANS KNOW WHATS REALLY GOOD.... THEY'RE HATERS CUZ U CRAZY RICH AND SO IS UR WIFE. BOOOOY THEY WISH THEY WAS IN UR SHOES FOR SO MANY REASONS

I'm with Jaz-o's side on this one, this n*gga be doin some funny ass sh*t! All these different n*ggas cant be wrong! It's like he was using the state property n*ggas to make it seem like he was hard,but he really a p*ssy-ASS BACK-STABBIN' FAKE b*tch-ASS n*gga!Whats in the dark will soon come to the light!

I bet some of what this n*gga is sayin is true. If you watched jay-z on Oprah, then you noticed that that n*gga had some suspect moments.

first of all, people will always try to come to the defense of the guy who's considered the "favorite" which Jay-Z is, but since when is it a crime to speak from your point of view? It makes no sense that Charlamange tha God has to lose his job all because he was bringing us the other side of the story from Beanie's perspective. That one move right there gave some validity to what Jaz-O is talking about when he says Jay-Z is a crab. And let's be clear - When black people on the street refer to someone as "gay", it doesn't necessarily mean he's calling him a literal homosexual. Jay-Z's record as a businessman is damn-near impecable, but the road to that success is paved in the blood, sweat, and work put in by people like Jaz-O, Beans, State Property, Dame, and all the others Jay-Z crossed out of the equation once he got in bed with his new friends. The truth behind the reasons for his success is the story they want to supress and anyone who speaks out against him gets this kind of treatment.

So what is your take on the whole matter?

A LOOK AT THE CHARTS

This week, ROC NATION boss, JAY-Z is still waxing strong on the charts. His blueprint3 album moved 40,000 copies this week. That is huge, concidering how long the album has been on the charts. This brings the album total sales to 1,200,000; at this rate the album might hit the 2 million copies mark. Good for him.


RICK ROSS'S group, TRIPPLE C'S album, CUSTOM CARS AND CYCLES, debuted on the charts this week, but i must say that the numbers are really dissapointing. 50 CENT predicted that they would not sell more than 10,000 copies, i predicted around 20k, their album sold just barely above 50's prediction, 12,000. I knew they would not move so much units, as they are not that popular. No one really knows any of the other members apart from rick ross.

Reakwon is still on the charts with his ONLY BUILT FOR CUBAN LINKS album; this week, he moves 3,000, bringing his total to 130,000. This is really low, concidering how good the album is. I guess it is not appealing to the new generation of rap listeners.