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Nas - Death Anniversary

Rumors have been circulating about this all week but I brushed them off like, naaah no way, they can’t be that stupid at The Source to let their Editor in Chief resign over a 5 mic rating for Little Brother, and then give one to Kim for her album. But yeah, I guess they are, and I guess it shouldn’t really surprise me. I mean this is the same publication that let a 4.5 Mic rating for Made Men album slide. 

When this issue hits newstands it will mark the first ever 5 mic rating given to a woman. Ever. Now, it should be understood that I’m not being sexist or hating on Kim, but I’ve heard her first single (I think it’s the single), Shut up Bitch, and that ain’t no 5 mic material lemme tell you.  Normally I wouldn’t even listen to an entire Lil Kim album unless I had no choice, but I can’t wait to hear this shit.  I can’t wait to hear what on thisalbum could possibly make them say "5 Mics for Kim, that sounds about right".  Again, I’m not hating but let’s face it, Kim has NEVER in her career put our 5 Mic music and her shit has actually gotten worse over the years, so unless Nas ghostwrote, Kanye Ghostproduced, and Jay-z actually raps the whole album for her, I ain’t buying that shit ya’ll shovelling.

This is why Source ratings stopped meaning anything a long time ago. Then again XXL gave Tony Yayo a XXL rating so, hey what do I know.  On another note, Kimberly will be reporting to the Big House on September 19th to do her little bid. The album drops on September 13th.

Kanye West showed the United States the real meaning of ‘reality TV’ last night when he aired out President Bush on live television. During last night’s Concert for Hurricane Relief on NBC, Kanye diverted from his scripted statements and denounced the slow response to the disaster and flat out stated "George Bush doesn’t care about Black people." I fucking love him for this. It’s about time somebody with a voice that can reach millions came out and said what everybody is already thinking, and we all know is true. Not that he’s in any way the first person to go off on Bush, but he did it at the perfect time, and made sure that plenty of people who don’t want to hear shit like that heard it looud and clear.

Over at SOHH they point out that a website, Juicce News Daily (they get no fucking link from me), condemmed the statement and claimed Kanye ‘ruined’ the show. Obviously this website is a bunch of racist, Bush loving, redneck motherfuckers. I mean is it really that hard to accept that Bush hates not only black people, but all poor minorities? They’re are already t-shirts on Ebay with the statement (good looking Edouble on the link), and I’m sure we’ll hear words of support from other hip hop artists and black celebrities over the next few days.

Some of Kanye’s other statements included:

"To anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help with the set-up that America’s set up to help the poor, the Black people, the less well off - slow as possible. The Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realized how a lot of the people who could help are at war right now fighting another war. They’ve given them [The U.S. Army] permission to go down [to New Orleans] and shoot us." 

You can peep the video of the broadcast here:

Video

I try to keep this site focused on it’s main subject as much as possible and it was never really meant to be more than a place for entertainment. That’s why you don’t usually find me giving my opinion on non-hip hop related news and events, but with all that’s happened in the last few days, it would be impossible not to acknowledge the devastation occuring right here in our own country.

I’ve been watching the nonstop media coverage of the disaster area that used to be the Gulf Coast and it doesn’t even seem possible that this can be happening. I mean there is basically no more New Orleans. No more French Quarter. No more Calliope Projects. No more 9th Ward. At first, I was pissed because I never got to go to Mardi Gras. Now I see how insignifigant that is when thousands of people, maybe a million are homeless as we speak. It’s crazy trying to imagine what it must be like to lose everything you own except the clothes on your back. People can’t find their children and parents and grandparents. People are shooting at each other and the people trying to rescue them.

Right now what’s left of New Orleans is completely out of control and when you look at it, you get the feeling like your seeing coverage of Iraq, or, Afghanistan, or Indonesia after the Tsunami, not a major U.S. city. I just heard the mayor on TV literally cursing out Bush and FEMA ‘cuz of the delay in getting help to the city. Alot of people, the mayor included, want to know how we can spend billions in Iraq and send more than 100,000 troops there, but we can’t get our own people food and water and shelter. Good fucking questions, but the sad part is this shit doesn’t really surprise me. If you notice, most of the people you see on TV are of a certain ethnic group that historically hasn’t done too well in this country. Is anybody really that surprised that these are the people on rooftops and stuffed into stadiums that are being ignored by the government?

Here are some questions: Last nite, the "officials" in charge of rescue operations called rescuers back beacuse of Security concerns after what the media called a ‘military’ helicopter was shot at. Why would a military helicopter have to run from some idiot with a shotgun? Can’t they defend themselves and the city of N.O. the way they defend Baghdad and Fallujah? What exactly are 50% of the Louisiana  National Guard doing in fucking Iraq instead of their home state anyway?

This hurricane happened on Monday. How the fuck does Bush continue his vacation until Wednesday? How does it take him until Friday to arrive at the scene? How come two days ago during the most crucial time, I only see one or two helicopters plucking people off roofs and out of water? Why weren’t thousands of troops and helicopters sent there immediatley?

Our Government, especially our ‘president’, can’t be fucking serious. The worse part is that he’s already been re-elected, by some of the same people who are now suffering, to another term. Do you think he rally gives a fuck what happens now? We can’t do anything to him now ‘cuz it’s too late. We hadour chance in the last election and we blew it and now we’re paying the price.

Here are some stories about how the several Hip Hop artists that call New Orleans home have been affected by this disaster, and how others are helping. Choppa from Making the Band, lost a couple of his friends. Lil Wayne’s mother and daughter were missing. Juvenile lost his home. Master P’s uncle, father-in-law and sister-in-law are all missing. Here’s a quote from AHH:
 

"If we [as the United States] could put a million people, a million solders in Afghanistan and Iraq, we can definitely put the same effort towards New Orleans, and Mississippi," Juvenile said at a press conference hosted by BET and The American Red Cross, "They have the ability to fly down and save people. All I’m asking is please take some time out and put forth the same effort - if not more - towards [helping] our country, because [we are in] the United States and we are trying to make it."

 
There’s a rumor over at AHH that some nigga tried to snatch Jay-Z’s chain at a Russell Simmons party in Vegas:

JAY-Z DEFEATS CHAIN SNATCHER?

The Game situation isn’t the only thing going at the Magic convention in Las Vegas, y’all. The word I heard is Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons had a party at a plush, invitation-only party at the Palms Hotel in Sin City. So, the word is, some crazy unidentified man made a loony-tune move and tried to snatch Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter’s chain. Apparently, Hov was able to fend the man off, but a huge fight ensued and the party was over – just like that. I heard people dispersed to other festivities.

"Don’t confuse me with Marbury out this bitch, Run up on me at the light, you could lose your life…"