New Hip Hop Songs

Some rappers occur to become thoughtful, intelligent individuals. Each and every Monday (that is not a national holiday) Rocks Off will have some of them hear discussing issues relevant to their culture.

Not Invited: J-Bar. Have you noticed his "Daze" song? Yuck. It is awful. He makes Soulja Boy appear like Rakim. Obviously, Soulja Boy is about the song too.

This Week's Prompt: VH1 has chosen to honor "The Dirty South" at this year's Hip Hop Honors, airing next Monday, June 7. The greatest sound bite we've noticed so far came from Scarface. Here's a bit from his interview:

"I'm hip-hop, man. I am not heading [to the Honors] simply because I really feel slighted. Even though it was a good gesture, I really feel like it is just a pacifier. They are like, 'Let's give these niggas down there a pacifier so they can stop feeling left out. We'll make Luke and all these niggas down there appear funny,' you know? 'Let's put a plate of fried chicken and some watermelon and let's just do some nigga-ass shit.'"

So, may be the truth that VH-1 is honoring only the To the south at this display like a teacher getting a separate awards ceremony for all of her ESL kids simply because they wouldn't have won something if they had been measured against the whole student system? Or ought to this be viewed like a cementing with the ever-increasing role the region is playing within the continuing background of hip hop?

Paul Wall: I wonder if this means there won't be any other artists in the To the south that get honored following this? But what if they didn't honor any artists in the To the south whatsoever? I'd be much more pissed about that. I am truly excited that they are honoring Rap-A-Lot. J Prince gave everybody the blueprint on how you can run an independent record label. Everybody, not just the To the south. He certainly deserves it.

And I am so honored to become included whatsoever, I nevertheless cannot think I am a component of this. So I am not in any position to complain concerning the To the south obtaining honored, and not worthy to question why. Scarface is a single with the original gangster rappers that ever did it. He's somebody I admire and appear as a lot as, and somebody I've usually been a fan of.

So I really feel like he has each and every correct to say and really feel nevertheless he wants. It appears like VH1 may be honoring a great deal of artists from various regions, and rightfully so; it is been mostly the pioneers from New York. I am just honored to become a component of it, and proud that they are honoring the Houston culture and music scene.

Church: I believe it's messed up should you take a appear at it from Face's perspective, since he is a single the vets within the game. But from a newer MC standpoint, I'll consider something they give us. Honor is honor in the end with the day. I believe the to the south is obtaining a great deal of burn and it is not a large secret, so if it was measured against the whole student system it is a great possibility of winning also.

Thorogood: I realize where Encounter is coming from. Should you really feel that you're heading to become portrayed inside a negative light then why would you voluntarily be that guy? And let's encounter it, VH-1 isn't recognized for producing tasteful programming. Let me remind you of several VH-1 favorites: Basketball Wives - this ought to be known as Unmarried NBA Gold Digging Leaches - Real Possibility Of Adore, The T.O. Display, Breaking Bonodouchebag and countless others.

So is it that farfetched that Brad Jordan thinks the producers might go having a "fried chicken and some watermelon" theme? Justifiably, he doesn't agree with that creative direction. Although he was laying down the foundation for Southern hip-hop, there had been numerous possibilities that he missed for the easy truth that he was in the to the south. In my opinion, he nevertheless carries a chip on his shoulder towards those record execs responsible and his latest actions are a reflection of that chip on his shoulder.

In the really minimum, Encounter is expressing his thoughts and it is got individuals talking. When it is all mentioned and carried out, the individuals becoming honored in this presentation deserve to become mentioned within the exact same breath as each and every other hip-hop legend, no matter the region.

Regardless, Scarface is truly a hip-hop legend/icon and will in no way require any sort of honor from VH-1. If this presentation is carried out in taste, then he might have missed out about the benefit of becoming on television but, from what I can gather, Scarface doesn't give a fuck what VH-1 thinks. And I admire that.

Hima: I'm gonna need to agree with 'Face on this a single. I mean, I really feel exactly the same way that he does when it comes towards the Gospel Dove Awards or Stellar Awards. It is just like slapping [a] gospel artist within the encounter and saying that they aren't great sufficient to seem about the Grammys.

I mean, don't get me wrong, the gospel awards display is good, but it is like they're putting us inside a unique genre. Numerous gospel artists win Grammy's but you rarely see them perform or receive their awards about the display. The Grammy's ought to consist of al music categories about the display.

Chalie Boy: I believe is cool how the To the south is becoming recognized this year. Anytime props are given, I believe it is a positive point. The To the south may be overlooked and undervalued for numerous many years although contributing a great deal to hip-hop, so I believe the acknowledgment is well deserved. Some might really feel that it's overdue, but I believe it is certainly much better late than in no way. Everything occurs in its correct time and for a reason. I am just happy that it is happening this year.

Chamillionaire: I take a appear at this argument in the position how the glass is half full instead of half empty. Truth with the matter is that if no a single gets up there to represent the Dirty To the south in the VH1 Hip Hop Honors then the voices of so numerous influential individuals in the To the south will most likely in no way get a possibility to become noticed.

VH1 has spent many years developing a brand that's now within the households of thousands of individuals and I take a appear at that outlet like a gateway into the houses of thousands of Americans that may or may not know their Southern background. This is not about East coast based individuals creating a display about Southern individuals to me. This is about East Coast individuals that have built a brand that reaches into the houses of thousands across the globe and me getting an chance to speak via them to individuals across the world who adore music just like I do.

You will find certainly great points about the other side of this argument, but I really feel like as Southerners we hold ourselves back from a great deal of possibilities simply because of pride. A wise man once mentioned to me how the word "poor" is an acronym for Passing Over Possibilities Repeatedly, and until some forward-thinking individual in the To the south creates his personal network and builds it as a lot as thousands in viewership, then we is going to be forced to tell our story via the greatest outlets we have accessible.

If the story is gonna be told, I would instead it come from out of my personal mouth rather than somebody else's. I cannot be at house mad that my name wasn't pronounced correctly if I passed in the chance to obtain involved.