Raekwon Gives Advice to Old Rappers trying to make a Comeback

I guess every old rapper and their moma trying to make a comeback now. I do not have any problem with that, but they should know that they can not live on past glory, and the market has generally changed. Infact, it blew me away when Raekwon did those good numbers with his last album; Only Built for Cuban Linx2. I think he pulled it off real good, and he should be in the best position to gives tips to every other old rapper trying to make a comeback.

I can remember some years ago, i think about 4 years ago, Cool G Rap dropped a new album and he thought he could sell off his old hype, and didn't do any promo for the album, and he ended up selling 900 copies first week. That is reallllly low.

Anyway, read what Rae has to say below:
“All I would say is go with your heart, know what I mean? If you dedicated to your craft and you know that you want to do something-it’s like nine times out of 10 you sayin’ if you want this to happen, it can happen, but at the same token come with the right product. Don’t go away from your craft if you sayin’ you going to take it back to what you take need to take it back to.

And at the same time, analyze the last s**t that you did that was hot; pay attention to it. Study it like how a boxer studies their fights. My thing is just stay believing in yourself, and be relevant. You can’t make you’re a** relevant when you aren’t out on the street, if you not really around to be found.

It takes a lot; a lot of dedication, and a lot of time, and the right staff and the men around you. If a ni**a tell you something is weak, or “No, I don’t get that from that,” then be willing to take that criticism in a great way. I think that’s what I did, I had a lot of people around me that were determined not to let me do what the f**k I felt, and it had to make sense to everybody. If I had one person that was against that, that bothered me. I was like why did you feel like that? “Yo I feel like that because of this or whatever”. And then they had a great thing that I had to pay attention to.

I just say, at the end of the day, have a correct team around you, and stay on your grind"

Nick Canon drops Eminem Diss

Nick Canon finally stands up to defend his wife, Mariah Carey, from all the Eminem disses that have been directed towards her from the pope of rap.


once upon a time in a far away life," Nick raps using Slick Rick's tone of voice. "There lived a young man who was so outstanding, to make it interesting it's me, Nick Cannon -- Now here's a little something that needs to be heard/Yo I'ma serve this clown, now/Word, Nick?/Word/I don't know if I should hit him because he's feminine Slick, excuse me Eminem why you lying on your d*ck?/Erectile dysfunction, you wanna get 'em up -- I see your mouth moving but you soft, Teddy Ruxpin/I tried to holla at you at the BET show, but you were scared of the trouble/More security than the Pope/And while you was in your bubble, I was rolling dolo, any time your face is in the streets is some signs for promo/Oh no, there's been a mistake, see my name is Slick Nick, not Shady Flakes/I'ma mop you up with my wop like it's '88..." ("I'm A Slick Rick")

Rap Albums on the Billboard Charts

Eminem is still dorminating, like i feel he would do till maybe Kanye drops his album, later this year. Recovery is at 93,000 copies this week, bringing the whole total so far to 2,420,000 copies.

Thank Me Later by Young Money artist DRAKE is next on the list in ranking of rap albums on the billboard charts. Drizzy did 20k this week, bringing the total of his debut to 1.034,000 copies.

Teflon Don from Rick Ross is up next, with 16k sold this week. This brings the total sales for the album to 368,746.

Kanye West says Lloyd Banks Should be Ranked Amongst top 5 Rappers

Okay, i do agree that Lloyd Banks is good, and is a bit unde-rated, but i ain't buying that he deserves to be mentioned amongst top five emcees. I think what Kanye is doing right now is a little "ass-kissing" here and there to get some cosigns, and some new fans (his album is about to drop)...Some buzz basically. That is the new trick in the bag. That is why he recently said Eminem is the best ever, and that Nicki Minaj had the most potential to be the 2nd greatest rapper of all time. I think i am ashamed at Mr West for saying something like that. You wouldn't have caught Kanye saying stuff like that when his 3rd albums was riding the charts. Now that he is on very shaky grounds (from the Taylor Swift incidence), and he is scared of being compared to Eminem (in the sales department), he has to result to this.

But that is just his opinion, and if you look up at the heading of this blog, you would read that i basically pour out MY opinion, so it is left to you, the readers, to make up yout mind. But there is one thing, the main reason i set up this blog; the fact that people like Kanye West have ears of a lot of people...the masses...the media chop up what people like that say, and everybody believes and use them as yardsticks, so you have people like me giving you a second opinion. I am not saying i am always right, but there is one thing i don't do, i never comment on things i am not sure of. If i know i am going to get emotional with it, i would rather leave the matter.

I would just like people to do their own thinking a little more...Okay, back to the topic, Kanye made that comment on twitter;
"Yo man Loyd Banks prolly the most underrated MC in the game... Man he deserve to be top 5 at least!," West tweeted Wednesday (September 8) night.

And the comment on Eminem and Nicki Minaj came a little before that;
Kanye said Young Money star Nicki Minaj could be one of the greatest hip-hop stars ever. "This is gonna be such a big statement, and such a big thing to fill: The scariest artist right now is definitely Nicki Minaj. I think she has the most potential to be the number-two rapper of all time. Nobody's gonna be bigger than Eminem." When asked what being the "number-two rapper of all-time" meant, he said, "Everything! Having a whole network one day. Everything that comes with it." He also confirmed that Nicki is on his album, as is G.O.O.D. Music artist Kid Cudi. (MTV)

I would like to say a little about Banks; he is a good rapper, but i do not think he is well rounded. He has a nice delivery, and good with the punchlines(which you rarely hear because he does too much mumbling in his raps)...just my opinion. And if he goes out of 50 cent's shadow(which he has started doing recently), and put out more GOOD albums, then he can move higher up the ranking.

Okay, that is all i have to say. Enjoy the Ramadan.

Nas Talks about leaked song; POWER, PAPER AND PUSSY

Wow! I didn't even know the song leaked. I was begining to think nas had nothing doign right now...Of course, i knew he must be in the studio, but i did't know he would have any new material so soon. Anyway, below is what he had to say about his recent leaked song. I have not heard it, so i can say anything about it.

Below is what he had to say about it:

"[Nasty Nas] never left," Nas confirmed to MTV News via e-mail. "I recorded the song in my hometown of New York City. I was feeling the vibe of the streets and sewers, [which] helped me get in that zone...Nas explained that he had been a fan of Herb Alpert's 1979 "Rise" record -- the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1997 smash "Hypnotize" also samples it -- and asked Salaam Remi to take it and concoct something special. "Salaam and I are always working together," Nas said. "I loved the song and asked Salaam to cook it up." The pair linked up to record the track at New York's Manhattan Center. (MTV)

New Nas music, this is an exclusive for DJ Green Lantern's new Invasion Radio 2K10 mixtape. Nas spits a pretty serious flow, hearkening back to an "early" Nas, flowing over the "Big Beat" breakbeat with a little classic Herb Alpert on the horns ("Rise" - The part Biggie didn't use). The track was produced by Nas and Salaam Remi. It's not an entire song, per se, more like an extended verse, freestyle, whatever you want to call it, but it's definitely a strong look from Nas as he rides the moderate success of his recent release, Distant Relatives, with Damian Marley. (Birthplace Magazine)

Rap Albums on Billboard Chart

Eminem is still killing the charts...Oh! Sorry for starting off like that, i was actually going to apologise for stalling this segments for more than three weeks now. I am sincerly sorry, and i assure you that it would never happen again. At least i will try my best...

Okay, back to the charts; EMINEM'S "recovery album is still holding it down for rap albums on the billboard charts. Infact, it has been at the number one spot of the over-all charts, untill katy perry booted him this week; but he is still the best selling rap album for this week. Recovery sold 98,000 copies this week, that is just 2k shy of 100 k. He is at a total of 2,328,000 copies so far. I think with his latest single, LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE, feauturing Rihanna, would assure that he keeps selling for a long time to come.

Rick Ross and DRAKE sold 21k and 20k respectively of their albums this week. Teflon Don from Ross is at a total of 353,000 copies so far, and drizzy's thank me later album is at 1,014,000 copies so far; at last, he has gone plat.

Big Boi and Bun B sold 8,700 and 8,000 copies respectively of their albums this week. Big Boi's SIR LUCIOUS LEFT FOOT is at a total of 154,000 copies sold, and Bun is at a total of 76k of his Trill O.G album. The funny thing is that this southern vaterans are not selling that much, but their albums are GREAT! WONDERFUL, to say the list.

What's up in Hip Hop Right Now

Yeah, a lot is going on right now in Hip Hop. And before i go on, i would like to apologize for my OFF and ON nature of late, it has been because of my new book. In case you do not know, i just dropped my new book, so you can add author beside BLOGGER...LOL!

Back to what i know how to do best, which is giving you updates on what is going on in the entertainment world. Okay, before i continue, a moment flashed through my mind, back in 1992, when i was just...what? like 11yrs old, and i memorized one of QUEEN LATIFA'S rap songs, and no, it was not the FLY GIRL song, this was actually a rap song, but i can not remember the title. Back then, i would rap all the verses for older dudes and they would be like WOW! How can this young dude do this. And then, i just forgot about RAP music for a while after that. It was not until the mid 90's, around 95/96, that i started catching back on with rap, and i can say that there is nothing you can ask me, IN HIP HOP HISTORY, from that time to now that i wouldn't be able to give you correct information on.

The bottom line; i love rap music. Even though what is present right now is not what i fell in love with, but if it had stayed the same, maybe it would have become boring. So, back to what i can hear to do, before my train of thought got de-railed...hiphop right now is cool. I think T.I and Young Jeezy are stalling the release of their albums because they fear they are not going to do as expected. They sure would not do good numbers compared to what they have been known for.

I can say for a fact that if jeezy plans to drop his TM103 with the BUZZ off "all white everything", he is joking. He definitely will not sell a mill with that kind of buzz. The fact that it is a knock-off of JAY-Z's "all black everything" movement, and the fact that the song is not just hot would surely tell on the sales.

And for T.I, as much as i am a KERI HILSON fan, that song, "i got your back", or whatever it is called, is not taking him anywhere. He should find a hotter track to build a buzz on. And he is trying to hide behind the movie he is in to say that that is what he is focusing on, and would like to stall the promotion of the album.

I am not a hater, i am just spitting facts. Just as it is fact that EMINEM is killing it with his RECOVERY album, and it is going to definitely be the best selling rap album in a long while. It is already 2.4mill sold in the U.S alone, and 4 million copies worldwide; and still selling over 100k every week.

B.o.B is also doing pretty cool, and you guys need to check out for him. His album is a lovely listen, and something you can slot in when you are in the car with your lady and you want to listen to rap without pissing her off.

I am still waiting for more from J.COLE...I love WHODAT...But he needs a follow up or something. I don't think that buzz is enough for him to drop an album with. I might be wrong, but that is just my 2 cents on the matter.