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Beef is Played Out….

I thought we declared in 2006 that beef was played out? When I opened my Gmail inbox today I had a couple of joints from Tru Lifeâ€™s latest mixtape. After listening to these records, I just shook my head in disappointment. First of all, TRU LIFE IS WACK! There is nothing that can be done to compensate for his lyrical ineptitude, hence Hov did the intro to the mixtape in order to garner interest in his artist.

Secondly, why would Jay (old head) – Z talk greasy on a mixtape and co-sign a cat no one cares about? (Where is Aztek?) Jay (I got my own hue) – Z in my eyes is 3 months 2 late with his response. If Hov is going to respond…be a man and respond! A half- ass 3 min rambling session would have worked 3 yrs ago when the world clamored for a 16 from Jay-Z, but with the release of the subpar Kingdom Come, his brand as a rapper has been a bit tarnished. Who gives a sh*t how many records you sold….the album was basura! Even with his marketing plan at full tilt, Jim Jones still had the hottest record in the country. Nowâ€¦I’m not validating Jim Jones as an MC because there’s a lot to be desired from him as well, but you have to respect the fact that he had the ears of the people.

Moreover, I’m tired of hearing cats beef over records like b*tches. This lends more credence to my assertion that NAS dropped the best album in 2006 (so far 2007). Don’t get me wrong I’m entertained by these battle songs, but at some point I want to hear dope lyrics and hot songsâ€¦not cat calling. Who really cares if Hov got roughed up in L.A. by Haitian Jack?(true story) Who really cares if Jim Jones had a little situation at the Rucker? (true story)

There are more pressing issues going on in the world. Bush is sending 20k more troops into Iraq, a disproportionate amount of them will be minorities. Cats are still starving in the hood and the environment is f*@cked up. Maybe the cat calling between rappers is an opportunity for listeners to escape reality, but the reality is we need more music of sustainable substance. Hip-Hop is supposed to be our CNN to the streets, not an 8th grade gossip session. Iâ€™m not mad at cats for trying to get a little shine, but when rappers use dis records as their entree into the game I canâ€™t respect you…. It’s PASSE!

Stop “drowning our consciusness by means of rhythmic noise.” – George Orwell, 1984
~YG