(AllHipHop News) A judge denied Gucci Mane a court house request to have community service in the case of an assault where the Atlanta rapper allegedly struck a man in the head with a bottle.
Gucci was arrested earlier this year for allegedly striking a fan in the head with a bottle in the V.I.P. section of an Atlanta club.
So much commentary has been given to Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse, it’s hard to keep up at times. And while rappers’ response records were initially slow, they soon started pouring in. Therefore, it’s only right that AllHipHop.com rank the responses in order to see if Kendrick has legitimate competition or if he really is the King of New York and the King of the Coast.
Only time will tell if Kendrick Lamar responds to any responses.
22). Iman Shumpert: Nothing memorable here, but it just goes to show the reach of the song if it has NBA players rapping about it.
21). Reed Dollaz: AHH Breeding Ground Artist goes for his, but falls way short of K. Dot’s crown.
20). A.P.T.: It’s sad, and a little silly.
19). Ransom: A rapper with seeming no energy tries to capitalize on the rapper with all of it.
18). Uncle Murda: Over Jay’s “Somewhereinamerica,” Murda salutes Kendrick for lighting a fire under Hip-Hop’s ass. But considering it’s overall subpar presentation, this response is nothing to write home about.
17). JR Writer: The flow is passable, but the disses are weak.
16). Bizarre: The former D12 member gives props to Kendrick and pays homage to Dave Chappelle’s classic Fistacuff’s character all at once.
15). Chris Rivers: While this really isn’t a diss, it shows that he can mimic Kendrick’s angry delivery and still have a flow reminiscent of his famous father (Big Pun).
14). Riff Raff: He embraces the song and makes it uniquely his own.
13). Fred Da Godson: Fred tries keeping Kendrick in check by making sure he respects those that came before him.
12). Astro: This is a fun and unexpected response. And while it certainly isn’t very confrontational, it’s cool to see the young emcee stick up for his home state.
11). Mickey Factz: His line about Pac outshines the rest of the record , and surpasses other songs entirely. “You the king of New York? Beg ya pardon?/ The King of L.A. is dead and that n***a from Harlem…[2Pac!].”
10). Lupe Fiasco: For better or worse, it’s typical Lupe- thought-provoking and really lyrical; it just doesn’t all totally connect as well as some of his other material.
9). Grafh: The record has a strong start, but then falls off a bit by feeling like it drags on. If it finished as strong as it started, it would be ranked higher. But even with the being said, Graph delivered a solid rap.
8). B.o.B.: Bobby Ray’s “How 2 Rap” serves as a great reminder that he preceded Kendrick with alternative take on Hip-Hop.
7). Cassidy: The skills that the Philly MC displays here is reminiscent of what he did when he was just a 19-year-old hungry rapper battling Freeway at Hit Factory studios. And that’s not a bad thing at all.
6). Joe Budden: Budden defends New York Hip-Hop, but makes it clear that’s all he’s doing and that he’s not going at Kendrick: “This ain’t a diss, I don’t want it to get spun wrong/ And this for Big L, the block that Joe found Pun on.”
5). Mysonne: Between his commanding voice, incredible flow, and great lyrics: this is a great response. It’s one verse and he never lets up. He killed No I.D.’s beat. Period.
4). Joell Ortiz: As the first responder to “Control,” Ortiz doesn’t disappoint.
3). The Mad Rapper: He cleverly clowns everyone who stepped up to respond.
2). Papoose: A passionate rebuttal from a NY rapper that rivals the passion Kendrick displayed when he said he was the King of New York.
1). King Los: He gives props to the rappers Kendrick called out. And, in terms of where Los would rank among “Control” rappers (Kendrick Lamar included) his abilities speak for themselves. In short, he lives up to his name.
What do you think about the responses? Which one do you feel really stands out?
Man, F this bum a$$ Raz B. If you look at what I said the last day or so, that this was a press stunt, well…it was. Last week the dude got his a$$ beat in China. Look at this fool after he was supposedly pummeled by bottles.
Well, they released a statement from a publicist they hired. And the PR rep tells TMZ that the boy Raz is now on life support. RIGHT. Now, we all know the past of Raz B and this crew. Its just one stunt after another and this is no different. It seems like he was really beat the hell up, but he was never on any sort of life support. Apparently, he said that the publicist acted on her own and was not speaking in any official capacity. SMH! Who says that about a publicist that YOU hired?
Moving on to somebody that’s nicer.
BRANDY…
This happened. She was all set to perform in Johannesburg, South Africa. But when she got there to the STADIUM…there were only about 40 people in attendance. She was distraught and left after performing two songs. Now, Brandy needs to be screaming on the person that promoted the damn event, because they certainly failed! I hope they paid her. Much love to Bran Bran, but we cannot escape this as a fail.
She’s a winner that hit a bad space, unlike Raz B.
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
Close, but no cigar! Its this guy! TRINIDAD JAMES!
That’s right! Joe Budden did his thing on his new “Control” verse, but he threw a couple people under the bus. Trinidad James has tire tracks on his body right NOW. And he’s a nice dude, but he cannot take this crap. Since he is in no position to go bar for bar with Joey Buddens, he’s apparently willing to go blow for blow!
Check it!
“It’s all love, I mean, I make music to answer a lot of those types of questions. I don’t consider it a diss. I’m from the streets so a n***a talking is like a n***a talking. A n***a punching, you don’t like me, then you fight me. That’s why I make the songs to let you know, if you don’t like me, then you can fight me. I’m never going to diss you back, we gonna throw these hands back and forth. That’s all this is about.”
HA…son said “back and forth.” That’s real. I have no hate towards him at all, because Trini man is just doing what he does. If he wasn’t hot in some form or fashion, people would be talking about him. Furthermore, he’s always been cool to AHH.
He’s not liking this verse coming from Joe Budden:
“This ain’t for self proclaimed legends that nobody wanna hear from /Scared? get a gun, come to peers, I got none /This ain’t for bandwagon fans sit y’all a**es in the same spot /Y’all the same n***as made Trinidad Jame$ hot.”
BUT…the catch is this…Joe Budden co-signed Trinidad James live on the Hot 97 airwaves late last year. He said:
“Well, Trinidad James is performing at Santos tomorrow. I’m performing at B.B. Kings tonight. I thought he might have been in town…Yeah, I was gonna try and bring my man Trinidad out. Yes, he has an EP out. ‘All Gold Everything.’ “He has another song on the EP. It goes, ‘My side chick is my main chick cause my main chick don’t love me no mo.’ I’m serious. These are real records. These are real records. I just wanna know what’s happening with his situation. Is he gonna end up with a label…Has there been any rap act recently that has taken the nation by storm?”
So, is Joe, in part, responsible for Trinidad being hot? When he talks, people listen. Here is the vid of Mr. James talking.
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
(AllHipHop News) What everyone knew: last week, Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse shook up the Hip Hop industry and spawned responses from everyone from Fred The Godson to The Madd Rapper.
What everyone didn’t know: Macklemore was writing battle raps towards Kendrick for 48 hours.
At a recent interview with Power 105.1, the “Thrift Shop” rapper admitted to getting swept up in the competitive energy that permeates Hip Hop following Kendrick’s “Control” verse:
I was definitely one of them. I wasn’t p#####, but for like 48 hours, I was like, ‘Hell no. I’ve gotta step my game up.’ That’s what it is. That’s the beautiful thing about that record. It has people talking. Everyone knows it. Everyone’s competitive.
Macklemore further explains his competitive energy by stating he grew up in the underground scene and did not think his mega successful album with Ryan Lewis had any commercially viable singles:
I came up as a backpack rapper, underground Hip Hop. The fact that a song about thrift shops popped off the way that it did…I mean, we didn’t think we had one single on the entire album, much less three.
In the early morning hours of June 11, 1805, a fire began that burned down Detroit: population 600. The residents chose to rebuild and the event became a symbol of a new beginning in Detroit and is where the city gets its motto: Speramus Meliora: Resurgent Cineribus which translates to, “We hope for better days, it shall arise from its ashes.”
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And since that fateful day, Detroit has been in what seems like a perpetual cycle of burning itself down and rebuilding. The recent bankruptcy filing by the state-appointed Emergency Manager made national headlines as Detroit becomes the first major municipality to make such a filing. While the city government is ridden with debt, the people of the city remain hopeful for what most believe will be a triumphant comeback.
In recent years, it has been hip-hop artists carrying the legacy of “The D,” on their backs, or more likely, on their fitted Tigers caps. From the Eminem era came D12, Royce Da 5’9″ and more. They represented the “Detroit Hip-Hop” scene immortalized in 8 Mile and known for battle prowess and lyrical dexterity.
Meanwhile, another sect of lesser-known rap artists were also making music, the Detroit street sound was embodied by the Eastside Chedda-Boyz, Big Herk, Tone-Tone, the Street Lord’z; rap crews more likely to be rapping about money, hoes, and clothes. One rapper, however, was the most well-known. A boss of bosses, born into a family of hustlers, he had an enigmatic personality and made street music for flashy Detroit players. The life and murder of Blade Icewood inspired of a generation of rappers who too liked to talk about living the flashy, hustler lifestyle that Detroit is known for. “Blade was just a real street guy, and he was living what he rapped about,” says Rikavel, owner of Seven Mile Records, “Doughboyz Cashout are basically what he was then…now.”
Blade Icewood greatly influenced a new generation of street sound rappers, most notably Doughboyz Cashout, the newest signees to CTE World, the label owned and operated by Young Jeezy. The relationship with Jeezy and Detroit is a close one. From his loose affiliation with Big Meech, to his street hustler sound that resonates with the city, he is practically an Honorary Detroiter. He shut down the city’s Summer Jamz this year, and in fact, his name was jokingly tossed around during a recent Mayoral primary. So, when he signed the hottest group of rappers out of the city this summer, he came close to being crowned king. “The best thing about working with Jeezy,” says Kid, “is just working with him. Being around him.”
Doughboyz Cashout started out as two cliques of popular kids in two different high schools. Known for their flashy clothes, shoes, and Cartier glasses, the Doughboyz and the Cashout Rich Ni**as, were well-known in their westside neighborhoods, “We was just popular, known for dressing and taking girls, and s**t,” explains Payroll, “Then we started rapping.” The merger of the two crews into one resulted in their unique name, Doughboyz Cashout or DBCO, and their raps quickly gained popularity in high schools and barber shops. The sheer size of their crew, now 20-something’s in age, makes people question who exactly is in the group, but the four main rappers are Payroll, Kid, Big Quis, and Doughboy Dre.
On the new CTE Mixtape, Boss Your Life Up Gang (#BYLUG), dropping today (Aug. 13), the Detroit spitters are featured on several songs including, “Chris Paul,” featuring Young Jeezy, a slow almost soulful song about…ballin’, of course. The hook “I ball hard/Chris Paul bi**hes/gold neck, gold wrist/call me Cristal ni**as/Alexander McQueen/Christian Louboutin dreams/from the bottom to the top of the world with a triple beam.” The DBCO crew can be counted on to talk about ballin’, but they also have some deep songs too, they played one for us that isn’t on BYLUG called, “Panamera,” a cautionary tale about a young boy who should be dreaming big, but all he really wants is a nice car. “Young kids are going crazy in Detroit,” they explain, “robbing people, shooting people. This is for them.”
It’s too early to predict what effect the national attention of Doughboyz Cashout will be on their hometown. It seems like their influence is already spreading, they have a popular clothing line and steady promotional events. But, they seem confident, “We are the new Detroit sound.”
Boss Your Life Up Gang mixtape will be released today (Aug. 13) DatPiff at 3pm.
So…people for a minute there were waiting for him to come back at Kendrick like he was Canibus or something. NO. Now, I alluded tot his before, but I have a slight bit more intel now. Basically, Drake is pondering putting his response into a “hit record” so that he can have it serve a double role. Sell, records and have a dope song out of it. “Drake would never rap over that old beat and it basically do nothing for his career,” a source told me. I have to admit that I have my reservations even if this is true. I’m thinking Drake is ultimately going to completely dismiss this “diss” completely.
Why did it annoy me that Kanye, The Kardashians and Drake were all having dinner together as they filmed this talented girl sing? I don’t know why, but it did. Immensely. Here it is so you too cannot UNSEE.
This is truly funny and sad at the same damb time. I didn’t see her interview on MTV, but it seems like she dropped the bomb and stated that she would be suing a hair dresser than claimed the Brown Fox stole $900 in pure Indian weave. (I really don’t know if it was pure or Indian, but it makes it sound way more devious.) Never the less, Foxy told the man Sway that she’s going to jump on the offensive side and get that chick in court.
“This last thing with the hair situation? I’ve decided that I’m going to make an example out her. We stepped back and we said ok, if no other artist is..is…is bold enough to say I’m going to sue this person, you’re not going to get away with just straight accusing someone. You’re not saying alleged…it was alleged… you’re saying this person – whatever the allegations are – you’ve run up on somebody in the grocery store with a phone! Like who does that? Who does those things!? Reputable people don’t do that. People don’t do that. That just never happens. What was alleged by this..this beast, was something that has never been attributed to my name…Ever…Ever. Foxy is known for two things: Fashion and hair. So I said you know what? I said I’m a flip it. Some many years they been trying to get me to do a hair line, so since I got all this press, I’m going do this boutique collection and just shut the game down. I have this boutique hair collection and its amazing.”
A lot of people have been making a big deal over the cover to Prince’s new song, where he features Dave Chappelle as the cover art. Now, I thought this was weird since the song is a love song. But, how weird is it? I heard that Dave and Prince are like best of friends OR very, very good friends at the very least. And now that Dave is on the comeback trail, Prince is helping him out. A few years ago Dave and Prince would hang out a lot and whatever…I dunno…being friends! LOL! If this started after the parody, I don’t know.
By the way, Prince just joined Twitter and he’s just a tweeting away. Follow him at “3rdeyegirl.”
Oh and here is a snippet of the song:
Oh, and here are some outtakes from the original skit.
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
20 Year old Dallas, TX artist Cobell Damu drops his debut mixtape today entitled “Tales Of The Bleu Collar” hosted by Maybach Bay and sponsored by huge urban clothing force Karmaloop.com. He displays an array of versatility, talent, and shows signs of bright future in the industry.
(AllHipHop News) Chicago MC Lil Durk was in Miami, Florida this weekend to promote his upcoming new mixtape “Signed to the Streets,” which is hosted by veteran, DJ Drama.
Lil Durk sat down with AllHipHop.com and opened up about his second gun charge, which occurred on June 5, in his hometown. The rapper was accused of tossing a loaded .40 caliber handgun into his vehicle as police approached him on South Green Street.
Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.
“Having a name, they so thirsty they want the name,” Lil Durk told AllHipHop.com “I’m going to beat it though, I’m not worried about that s**t. I’m still going to court for it. I had to do my parole time for my last gun case, this is my second gun case .”
Durk was sentenced to a year in prison for a gun violation in 2012, after being convicted of unlawful use of a weapon. The rapper was released in July of 2012.
“It was the worst,” Lil Durk revealed to AllHipHop.com. “I was in Stateville [Maximum Correctional Center]. You only leave out your cell one time a week. You eat three times a day, but your’e last meal is at 4:00PM. I was plugged in there though, so I was eating on the regular.”
Lil Durk only received one phone call per-day while he was incarcerated at Stateville. The strict limit on his phone calls hindered his communication with Glory Boyz Entertainment boss, Chief Keef. But the pair still managed to communicate while Durk was locked down.
“At the same time I’m in there doing me, I don’t depend on nobody else,” Lil Durk explained. “With the State of your s**t you only get one call a week. 15 minutes, so I ain’t calling them, I’m calling my baby momma. She gonna relay messages. ”
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Drake didn’t grow up in a New York battle era!
