If you haven't heard about it here it is. Ice T recently made a mix tape where he talks about how Soulja Boy's music is garbage and that he "single handily ruined hip hop."
Ice T.'s Video:
Soulja Boy comes back with his own video response, saying Ice T is an "Old as fuck!"
Soulja Boy's Video:
Finally, in another video Ice T. apologizes...but not really. He tells Soulja Boy he's, "fucked up."
Ice T's 2nd video:
Personally, I think Ice T is wrong and whack for what he said. All he is doing is hating on Soulja Boy and his music. Now yes, Ice T. is a hip hop veteran and "Superman" will never get any awards for lyrics but that doesn't make it garbage and not hip hop. Like Soulja Boy said, it's a new game. Besides if Ice T wants to argue and dis rappers and songs that he thinks have no substance why doesn't he say something to Lil Wayne who recently released a song, which repeats the word "Lollipop" a hundred times, that doesn't make it a bad song and it doesn't make it not hip hop. Point is things are different from when Ice T was in the game and he shouldn't be talking about something he has no idea about. Leave comments and tell me what you think. (._.)
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ReplyDeleteI think Soulja Boy has a lot of nerve to try talk down to Ice T. Ice T, along with all the Hip-Hop veterans, has every right to complain about the weeds in the industry of Hip-Hop. Also, you made a comment about Lil' Wayne, and if you've listened to his other work, you'd give him a bit more credit, lyrically. Honestly, Ice T has nothing to prove, he's put enough into the game as it is.
ReplyDeleteHip-Hop is not about bitches and booze. It's not about how much "dolla bills" you got in the bank. It's about painting a picture with words. You're creating art with rhymes. Not this bullshit the radio depicts. The radio never portrays anything truly.
Hip hop is so many things that I think it is wrong to say it is just one thing. Hip hop is a culture and to say it is only made up of lyrics is wrong. Hip hop dances are just as much of hip hop as the lyrics are and Soulja Boy and Ice T got paid for doing them both. Talking about Lil Wayne I made reference to his song Lollipop because lyrically it wasn't there but yes his other tracks have so much substance to them. The point I was trying to make was that Wayne hit both sides of the game lyrically and non lyrically. People today are looking for anthems and songs that tell them what to do and that repeat themselves, that's why songs like Lean Back, Snap Ya Fingers, and This is Why I'm Hot were all hits. Each artist is just trying to get theirs whatever way they can and since it is all within the culture of hip hop no one should be ragging on each other and their style. (._.)
ReplyDeleteAgreed. But you have to realize that the culture that is Hip-Hop has more substance than these new artists are portraying. The lifestyle these artists meant to lead was to evoke a counter-culture, to take a stand at their oppression. These new artists know nothing about that. If they did, they wouldn't be so regressive in their music. By regressive, I mean intellectually. They should be ever changing, manipulating more elements of music and evolving Hip-Hop. Instead they're dumbing it down, creating pre-packaged, 3 minute-easy-to-sing-a-long to songs. Songs that lack substance and emotion.
ReplyDeleteYou bring up the point that they need to make money. Real artists do not make music to solely make money. I think providing is a bullshit excuse for creating shitty songs that a perfectly cut for the radio movement. The music industry has taken quite a negative turn, mostly because of corporate labels and their demands. But also because many new artists know that labels are just looking for the next radio single, not for real music. So they give them what they want instead of staying true to themselves, instead of staying true to what Hip-Hop stands for.