Have Jay-Z & Kanye West Lost Touch With The Streets?
Rap superstars KANYE WEST and JAY-Z have lost touch with their original fanbase, according to WU-TANG clan star RAEKWON. Raekwon claims they are missing out on a whole generation of hip-hop enthusiasts, because their wealth and success has alienated them from ordinary people.
He says, “A lot of street people don’t put stock in them anymore because they aren’t doing enough to excite anyone. (They should) Come back to the hood and drop $100,000.”
When your famous and worth millions it is pretty hard not to be alienated from ordinary people. If Jay-Z comes back trying to act hood it will be an act, he busy vacationing on islands, that phase of life is over. American Gangster was an album of him reminiscing on his past, but he isn’t trying to portray himself in that light now. I think black people need role models that came from the hood and moved on to bigger and better.
The bottom line is every grows, your favorite rapper won’t be the same as he was years ago. Fans can either accept the growth and understand that is the point of life or move on to a new artist.
Suggestion Box
January 21st, 2008 at 4:59 pm
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January 21st, 2008 at 5:00 pm
pointless topic
January 21st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Why should Jay z go back to the street. all the rappers who try to stay in the street end up in jail/prison. do this nigga think Jay Z is running the welfare dept. its funny how niggas always want black ppl to give them money. niggas love too much hand out. As Jay Z said he didn’t work this hard to stay in the hood. the only ppl in the hod is the one who can’t leave. I’m tired of these niggas try to portray the hood as a decent place to live.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:05 pm
It’s dumb negros like Raekwon that are keeping us back. Instead of him focusing on making good music, he’s worrying about other people. Anyway, why should he care what Jay and Kanye are doing and how they are poytrayed in the “hood”. Let’s be honest, the hood don’t buy music, they bootleg it ad that’s with whom you want to place your faith. Grow up and make a difference and stop the crabs in the barrel mentality.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
rae’s an idiot, let’s see him drop 100k in the hood first…
January 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
honestly that is what is the problem. This way of thinking is just what keeps people in the hood. “you move out the hood and you’re soft…you ain’t down no more.” It reaches a point when you just want more for yourself and want better and those that arn’t able to achieve that or see that think this way. I’m proud of Kanye and Jay for growing up. If you look at Jay he speaks really proper and not all ghetto and loud that makes people think he’s just some lowlife. I think this is what has contributed to his success and what will continue to do so.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
For once i agree with you realtalk. I’m embarrased by Raekwon’s statements. Sometime he and other other wu tang memebers really are the epitdome of ignorance. I grew up in far rockaway, queens and as a young black female there is nothing more postive and inspiring for us as a community then to see former residents become “equals” in society. I;m am proud of Jay, Kanye, 50, Diddy..all them guys. Leaving the neighbourhood is an emotional step; I left for the greener pastures of Jamaica Estates not to long ago and I understand all the envy and jealous remarks that come behind a move of that significance. These rappers haven’t left the hood; the hood has left them.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I like Raekwon, but he needs to shut the hell up. How about you get your own camp organized to the point where they can all come together to sell an album first, then worry about Jay and Kanye.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
wtf?? what did the WU do all this time for the streets?? while all o dem other cats been dropping cds and remixes every 6 weeks? how high was their creative output compared to Jay’s and Kanye’s?! A lot of industry cats donated money to Katrina vitcims and stuff, coz they could afford it, could the WU afford it too, to donate a couple of grand?? Man, I loved Wu-Tang back in the day, but if you need 5 years to release some new material, then you should not point the finger at others like that.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
realtalk that was some real real talk right there my brother. people critisize Jay Z for this n that. Jay Z is a role model to a lot of black kids who think that doing negative things is being black. we as black people need to stop alienating bad acts with our race. Reakwon need to give valid reason abt Jay Z not these ignorant opinions that lack interlectual thought.
im african and where i see blacks being seen as asll these bad things it makes me angry becuase back home i see black who like getting some education and doing good things withing they communities. Jay Z is being a role model , he does not need to chill in the hood even and people talk abt him not doing anything for the hood but this is my question do u know abt the sean carter foundation headed by Gloria Carter his mom ?
people need to get they opinions n facts straight. fuck all these ignorant, uneducated , dumb people who fall into white people’s trap n stereotyped about us and think that that is they way black should act.
Jigga you are a role model my brother keep duin wut u duin dont let these uneducated so-called hip hop greats stop from representing for the rest of blacks tryna be something in life. Jay Z is a good example of a zero to hero, from nothing to something.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:16 pm
What is raekwon talking about, people arent feelin them, yet they are selling 10x the numbers he is doin.
He should take his own advise and bring his music up to date
January 21st, 2008 at 5:18 pm
#3 & 4 i agree
January 21st, 2008 at 5:19 pm
cosign realtalk
January 21st, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Kanye was never a street dude, and didn’t come up in the hood.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:29 pm
This nigga mad, coz he a broke ass motherfucka
REAL TALK
January 21st, 2008 at 5:31 pm
I fuck with Rae on the real i seen the whole WU like two three times but Rae needs to a make a classic album and shut the fuck up Kingdom Come is better than both albums after Cuban Linx do you son.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:32 pm
FLASHY(FLASHY)LIGHTS(LIGHTS)…FLASHY(FLASHY) LIGHTS(LIGHTS)…
January 21st, 2008 at 5:47 pm
growing up i thought them wu tang cats were the smartest niggas in america.i’m not even joking.but now i see they are a bunch of idiots.rae is making no sense with these jay-z statements,gza is trying to diss a rapper thats bigger then life and another 17 year old rapper that aint got shit to do with him,u-god is suing rza over like 170 thou(if he was so smart he would’ve knew that he was getting fucked years ago)
what the fuck is going on here?
January 21st, 2008 at 5:51 pm
cosign realtalk and #15 lol but true
January 21st, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Since when has Kayne had connection with the streets ? his always appealed more to white fans than black and thats the truth. We don’t see no flashy lights in the hood …. Jay-Z his made it out of the hood and he should be more mature enough not to rap about the hood.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:54 pm
i respect rae because he’s a veteran in the game, but he sounds so ignorant saying that. sadly thats the hood mentality of so many other people. i agree with realtalkny 100%…i guess people expect to see jay in front of the corner store smoking dutches with hundreds of millions of dollars in the bank…lol would that make him more in touch with ordinary people? come on be real, he is living proof that you can come from the bottom and make it to the top…its seems like in hip-hop, fans never want to see artists grow they want them to be stuck at one place forever. jay gives hope to young black people by showing them what you can acheive by staying focused on your goals. that alone is doing more for the hood than “dropping $100,000″. its showing that you can work hard and make your own $100,000, instead of getting it from someone else. and kanye’s original fanbase was never the streets. if people aren’t feeling them anymore i sure can’t tell seeing as how jay just had his 10th number one album and kanye just did 950k his first week. and what exactly does raekwon do to stay in touch with “ordinary people”?
January 21st, 2008 at 6:02 pm
quote from no7- ‘there is nothing more postive and inspiring for us as a community then to see former residents become “equals” in society’ - unquote….
-So now u r saying for us to be equal we have to be able to live among white people and have what rich whites have so all the years of slavery and civil rights mean nothning but we are equal cos we can sell records for da whiteman move out of da hood and live like dem, off of 50c an album….
I agree raekwons statement was tainted but in actuality their is sum truth to what hes saying, dat many artists forget where they came from or the people they come from…when blacks become rich they tend to forget those who are poor…and i mean the causes of those who suffer…
DAT IS WHY I LOVE 2PAC FOREVA COS WID ALL HIS SUCCESS HE NEVA FORGOT OR TURNED HIS BACK ON HIS PEOPLE….he still RAPPED WID A PASSION FOR OUR CAUSES WHILE MOST OF DA ARTISTS TGODAY R ONLY CONCERNED WID LINING THEIR POCKETS…wHITE Masks BlaCK FACes
January 21st, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Y’all can hate on what he said to an extent….he also said they should go back to the hood and drop $100,000…I read that beans car was re-poed, free’s album did not even have a video…Point I want to make is that Jay-Z is a grimey mothafucka, he contradicted himself by saying “If every nigga in your clique is rich your clique is rugged
Nobody will fall cause everyone would be each others crutches”…His clique looks mad week right now money wise, these boys aint eating a quarter of whats on Jay’s plate…he needs to help the less fortunate instead of showing his money…..its all material things in the end…Learn to give than receive our $10.99 all the time…And if he is giving away a lot of money to charity…www.realtalkny.net needs to let us know instead of always showing of someone’s new chain and watch….its stupidity….the truth hurts….
January 21st, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Is this the world we live in? You have to be in the streets to be a G, or be respected. Come on fam, we all know we don’t wanna end up in the hood all our lives.Its people that don’t have any direction, and the people who depend on others and dick ride that can’t leave the hood.SO they start gettin on people like JZ, and kanye. Name me one fukin reason why people in their stature wud want to be in the hood. Shit even if they wern’t Jz and Kanye, No body wants to live in any hood or ghetto.We all seen wat happen to stack b.(RIP). The goal is to get out and provide a better life for your self, and family. God has blessed everyone with talent, some just find it faster then others, And then again some don’t try to find it and expect to get free bees. Stop dick ridin, and biggin ur man up in the hood, cuz sure enough as he blows up yu’ll still be in the hood at the age of 30+, thinkin of a way to make a come up. Get money urself, and don’t depend on others. U really think Jz gives a fuk what people in the hood think. That Man has money to do wat ever he wants. Rae is just madd cuz that nigga does not have the same finances as jz. Although rae is respected as a man and a artist, he is clearly upset that he can’t seem to get the recinition he wants.All in all u don’t have to stay in the hood, or drive thru and floss. You set goals to take u and ur fam out. And find a way to give bk other then giving grown men 100,000. Get an education. The message is get an education, dont follow these bum ass dudes that hustle, and go broke in 5 years, go to jail, or die. Don’t let these dudes be ur romodels.Get an education man, we need to preach that all over the streets, clearly the wrong message is out. Peace yall. Daknock//Jersey.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:12 pm
kaNYE DOES his thing I love him COS HES real in his way HE DOES NOT conform to WHAT IS OUT THEIR AND THAT IS his sucess…
JAY z is a great MC..however when it comes down to SOUL AND TOUCHING SOMEONES innerself HIS MUSIC DOES’NT DO THAT FOR ME…listen to BIGGIES…JUICY…2PACS…BRENDAS GOT A BABY…MARVYN GAYE…WHATS GOING ON..U CAN FEEL DAT PAIN DAT LOVE,
jay Z does not give me that feeling his music is pervasively uninspiring mentally and emotively…and their is an obsession wid money and not the evils and sufferin dat prevail in our hoods due to a lack of it…He is in a position where he could give the seed to the people dat cud cause dem to grow…but he declines…his bank account has grown he is financially sucessful but spiritually i see no real growth in him as an artist and in his message..
January 21st, 2008 at 6:32 pm
When Wu tang were on top they were the most arrogant motherfuckers EVER. Sounds like sour grapes to me.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:35 pm
to the niggas that are agreeing with this ignorant muthafucka, you are the reason black people are not looked at as equals. How the fuck can you say the shit that you are sayin.
and for the person sayin jay dont give a fuck about nobody, do you know he spent millions on giving people in africa water. do you know that he gives hundreds of kids scholarships to go to college. so tell me is it jays fault that beans fucked up agian? is he suppose to help someone who cant even help themselves. jay has been feeding these niggas for almost 10 years, if they cant feed themselves then i think its time he cuts them off. there dead weight. after 10 years and you still depending on another man. them niggas are bums.They need to find a job and stop begging. THATS THE REAL WORLD.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Well-stated RT!
A perfect analogy is when a mother (most mothers) wants their babies to remain babies, but the reality is, they have to grow (up). It’s perfectly normal for men to evolve, we would’nt be bloging right now if there was no evloution.
I’m sure raekwon himself has changed, not to the extent that Jay has because his assets don’t allow it, but I’m sure he’s not on the corner everyday like he used to be, so in a sense, he too is not as much apart of the streets as he once was.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:43 pm
LMAOOOOOOOOOO
Jay-Z (the 43 year old rapper) and Kanye (the gay pop techno rapper) VS raekwon (the 40 year old rapper)
Whats up with old rappers thinkin niggas in the hood care about them???? These niggas was born in the 60s b, come on now
January 21st, 2008 at 6:46 pm
am i missing something here?why did raekwon even include kanyes silk scarf wearing ass into this?he played himself right there.kanye is not a ghetto child so ghetto people don’t really respond to him.ohhh i get it.if he only said jay’s name it would look like he’s hating right?he played himself once again by thinking that.
for somone who spits so vividly he sure sounds stupid.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Nigga fuck you.
If you had invested your money or saved you wouldn’t be in this bitter ass position.
You and that bitch ass nigga De haven.
If that nigga was still killing the community with dope u
wouldn’t hear him crying like a bitch to Jay.
Think of how many niggas wish they could take back all them ugly ass coogi sweaters.
You bitch ass broke ass nigga. Pawn your jewels like the rest
of these salty ass bitter ass last generation rappers you ole
bitch ass nigga.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Let this be a lesson kids.
Stay up cause it’s hard as hell to get up.
This nigga doesn’t even realize how shameful his whining looks.There are people who assume he is somewhere living a great life.He picks a couple of successful artist to take
his frustrations out on.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:00 pm
rae should find a home for cuban link 2 before shit talking other peoples career moves
rappers starting to make me ill with all their gossiping shit talk
January 21st, 2008 at 8:02 pm
so cuz jayz life is so lavish and expensive he’s out of touch?
but when wutang was rocking tommy hillfiger in all they glory they wasnt checkin for nobody.
give a that money to the hood for what. he could spend it on books or after school or anti violence.
he mad cuz jay put out 3 ghostface albums this year meanwhile the chef is still in the kitchen cooking on koch.
the hood relates to kanye and jayz, the hood dresses flashy acts arrogant all the same things that kanye and jay do.
the hood loves kanye and jayz. they dont love reakwon…..bootleggers dont even sell his shit cuz it wont move. thats hood
January 21st, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Jay was right when said that “they all snitch lovers”. DeHaven, Raekwon, LL, Joe Budden, Camron, Jim Jones, even R. Kelly etc… they have all tried to further their careers by mentioning his name; even when there appears no reason to. I thought rappers were suppose to be from the streets and the code is not to show your jealousy and envy… it’s such a weak emotion. I’m not from the streets or the hood and my code of ethics are better than all these clowns.
Say what you want about Jay but he never speaks on another rapper and how he feels about what they are doing, but it has become passe for everyone else to do so (even myspace rappers).
January 21st, 2008 at 8:38 pm
PREACH! RTNY
January 21st, 2008 at 9:12 pm
nah you summed that shit up hella raw.
“…or move on to a new artist”
point.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:20 pm
they are both mtv rappers…and thats about all that needs to be said
January 21st, 2008 at 9:23 pm
# 22 and # 23 yall need to get your facts straight n stop reading too much news. how about you ask beans n freeway with Jay Z there, if jigga never financed these them these past years n hear wut they say than reading too much fuckin stories reported by people like you n me. the way you interpret things is not the way the next man interprets it get that right.
Jay Z done more real shit for the streets n people than any of these rappers bredrin. He went to African countries and gave millions fresh clean water, thats the healthiest and biggest thing someone can do for his own people who cannot get access to clean water bro smarten up. Black people who listen to hip hop are now only in U.S u know. i hate ignorant brothers like yall who try to make opinions facts. Who gave out half million dollars n clothing for donations to catrina victims ? some of yall borthers really need to get your facts straight
Jay Z gives scholarships every year and u tell me he doesnt do anything for the hood ? u want him to go to the hood and give people money so they can buy crack , weed , alcohol n all that shit to fuck themselves up again or you want him to give money to people who can use it to change their life for the long run.fuck all these rappers who go to the hood and throw out thousands of money to the crowd n claim they doing something for the hood .kick some knoledge homie i think sometimes u gotta be educated enough to make general opinions n statements. REAL TOK.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:34 pm
But all the streets wanna hear is gun talk. Kanye’s music can touch any ordinary person either from the hood or the suburbs. NOT EVERYONE IN THE HOOD IS A GANGSTA OR A DRUGDEALER!
January 21st, 2008 at 9:44 pm
yall dont get him rigth he got a point and i agree with him with some thimgs
January 21st, 2008 at 11:08 pm
It’s like muthafukas want you to enter the race, and as soon as you reach the finish line, instead of cheering, niggas is like…”he went too far!” Then they look for the next muthafuka to put in the race. Meanwhile they’re missing the purpose of the race (i.e. to win, to finish…not just to participate). Stop expecting these niggas to come back down. Niggas move up! If he finished, if he got to the finish line…your ass can too. Shyt!
January 21st, 2008 at 11:13 pm
and besides man…when you’re in a different tax bracket…you have a financial team making decisions. So even if Jay or Ye says…let’s give $100,000 back to the hood, the financial team is gonna look at the history of that hood and see how they have handled money, property, etc in the past, and advice Jay or Ye if it’s a wise investment or not. Hence the reason these niggas are still rich and MC Hammer is trying to make a website to get his missing cake up.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Why he fuck everybody got Jay-Z name in they mouth, no wonder he say he the best everyone go something to say about the nigga, i’ve been fuckin wit the nigga since day one. Tell me how many song do you here niggas like the Wu-tang talk about leaving the hood and being on yachts and shit, alot of rapper, yet they still worry about niggas in the hood and what they think of them and shit, nobody wanna work hard just to go back to that shit man, niggas need to grow up and shit. raekwon is dope as shit but he need to focus on his music and not jay-Z or kanye who never said he was hood. WTF niggas keep Jay-Z in the news, first Joe Buddens talkin shit and i got all mixtape shit too coz he nice but he too needs to focus and stop worrying about Jay-z and his camp. Sigel is dope but he was locked up, freeway is dope too, but they need to step it up, bleek done already said he loyal, plus he got shop like them niggas on pimp my ride where he trick cars out and shit, I bet hangin around a nigga like Jay-Z made him get a good side hustle coz rap aint cashin out no more realtalk. Ight im outs yo
January 21st, 2008 at 11:26 pm
If anybody hates on kanye, you have no knowledge of music. Yea “all falls down”, “jesus walks”, “can’t tell me nothing” were all for white people, niccas love to hate on other niccas.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 am
A sellout is someone who compromises their values, morals, or identity strictly to make money. Not someone who uses thier talent, skills, & effort to get money.”… ppl shouldn’t want anything handed to them, if someone opens the door get it ur damn self!
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:19 am
Reakwon is a idiot for this one. I’m pretty sure Jay (I don’t know about Kanye) have done plenty to help the hood, but you could only do so much. Does he even know why Oprah snubbed the kid in the inner cities and built a school in Africa?
Shut up and mind your business.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:32 am
AT THE END OF THE DAY “STREET CRED” DOES NOT PAY THE BILLS. ND U CAN ASK ANY OF DEM UP ND COMMIN HOOD STARS WHERE DEY WANNA BE ND UNLESS DERE SMOKIN DA SAME SHIT THAT LIL WAYNE IS SMOKIN DEY WILL SAY WHERE ALL THE INDUSTRY MOGULS ARE AT.
DEERE ARE MORE POOR PEOPLE DEN RICH. SO IF UR RICH OFCOURSE UR GONNA LOSE THAT RELATEABLE ASPECT. IF U GETTIN ANY TYPE OF MONEYY IDUNN CAREE WHO YOU ARE AND ITS PUBLICLY BROAD CAST, YOU CAN NOT LIVE IN THE HOOD.
(LOOK WAT HAPPENED TO STACK BUNNDLESSS RIP)
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 am
let me rephase that “(They should) Come back to the hood and drop -ME- $100,000.”
I swear wutang is rap ledgends in my book but they’re some real hood muther fuckers. im already motivated to get out of the hood once im done with college, but after reading this syht it just give me the mentallity, when i make it out of the hood that i shouldn’t even comeback. this is why people never comeback to the hood when they leave.
first they hating on soulja boy(who is 16) for making millions(more than them) on a trash song now they throwing heat at jay like he owns them something. these cats need to get a life.
i know if i get rich i aint giving syht back to the hood, cause people just hate and they’re leeches(bums). the most ill do is open up a rec center for the kids equip with a soccer field and a baseball field, with an educational center for tutoring or summer trips all in on facility. it will be good for kids to ball in a safe environment without worrying about shooting, stray bullets, or losers when they’re doing something positive.
hell, a few cats on my block even hate on me and im poor. they think im balling but im not, all i do is work during the summer for mini wage while putting in atleast 10 hrs of overtime. SMFH
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:16 am
” i see I SAID
jealousy I SAID
got the whole industry mad at me I SAID
then B.I. said hov remind yourself
nobody built like you, you designed yourself
i agree I SAID
MY 1 OF A KIND SELF GETS STONED EVERY DAY LIKE JESUS DID
what he said i said has been said b4
just keep doin ya thing he said
say no more”——-realtalk
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 am
“When your famous and worth millions it is pretty hard not to be alienated from ordinary people. If Jay-Z comes back trying to act hood it will be an act, he busy vacationing on islands, that phase of life is over. American Gangster was an album of him reminiscing on his past, but he isn’t trying to portray himself in that light now. I think black people need role models that came from the hood and moved on to bigger and better.
The bottom line is every grows, your favorite rapper won’t be the same as he was years ago. Fans can either accept the growth and understand that is the point of life or move on to a new artist. “
RTNYYou couldn’t have said it any better. People grow up and change the way they live. A person can’t really expect to be hood with the amount of money he has. Ask anybody in the ghetto or living in poverty and see if they wanna stay there. If they had a chance to move out, I BET any single of them would wanna move out in a heartbeat.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 am
R&B, Country, Rock & Roll, and other genres have been allowed to grow. Why can’t Hip Hop?
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 am
Why can’t a rapper grow and mature like any other person? Do y’all want them to be stuck in the same mindset for the rest of their lives?
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:47 am
Jay is 38 yrs old he’s suppose to make moves to better his family. Now I see why only RZA & Power have paper the rest of Wu were to busy getting dusted. Jay come back to the block with 4 chicken wings & 40 oz so we can get a dice game popping.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:39 am
seems like jiggaman is sponsoring realtalkny.. i mean damm
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:55 am
And by the way, not all hip hop lovers smoke weed or gang bang or are on the block. Some of us actually do own stock or are in corporate America and vacate. Like me. Cats gotta grow up. I hate the way Raekwon thinks people can’t move out of the hood and become successful. People want families and to own ish. You can’t own anything in the hood. Nigga’s will jack you.
And also, who’s head lining tours and actually selling records and/or making any moves. The only current Wu-Tang artist is Ghostface. Raekwon needs to go home and eat some cereal.
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:05 am
The problem is Raekwon didn’t diversify his bonds like Gza and Rza told him. Why did you even post this? This crumb ass nigga with his crab in the barrel mentality. Jay-z has probably donated more money than Raewkon has made in his career. The real question is why is he worrying about Jay-z? I don’t hear you talking about Dr. Dre he doesn’t do anything for people in Lynwood or Compton. He moved out and doesnt’ come to the hood. This ignorant type of talk is what holds all of us back. Raekwon everyone can think you are a fool but they never know until u open your mouth and prove it.
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:11 am
I worked hard so I can leave the hood. We as a people should want more out of life. He should want people to grow and UPGRADE. Staying in the hood is not an upgrade. Jay is a role model, alot of young kids think that they are stuck, so they get into that hood mentality. And they end up in jail or hanging on the street corner. Jay Kanye even 50 wanted something better. They didn’t just rap but they made business ventures, and now they are set. listening to his hood cousins is what got Michael Vick caught up, always trying to stay down, and not be called a sell out. And look where it got him, LOCKED UP!
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:13 am
One more thing, every African American person did not grow up in the hood.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:25 am
I am SOOOOOO disappointed in Raekwon and the whole Wu as of late. First of all, wtf is go to the hood and drop $100K? Doesn’t Jay got to Marcy every X-Mas and give out FREE FOOD? I know he’s set up scholarships for young minorities b/c I know a kid who got one. Not only is Rae out of place for even going there, but he’s factually wrong as well.
Ummm, instead of worrying about the next mans moves, and whats in his wallet, can we get a Cuban Linx 2? We been hearing about that for YEARS. Can we get a Wu album where the rappers and the producer ain’t beefin about the music? I hate to say it, but lately the Wu has been soundin like some old bitter ass rappers.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:42 am
#39 I feel u and everything u said, especially about giving people money to go smoke weed, alcohol, crack and all that shit. But u didn’t answer the fact that Beans album dropped and u #39 tell me the number of times u’ve seen any of his videos on Television, Free does not have a video at all, I don’t even hear his shit on the radio, and his album is straight up crack. Beans and Free went to G-Unit radio and said..I heard them say outta their own mouths that they found out on the internet that Jay-Z was done with Def Jam, I also said, If Jay-Z and Kanye West are giving away all these moneys realtalk should let us know instead of showing us Fat Joe, and Soulja boy’s chains…u dig me? So all that ignorant this ignorant that is unnecessary, Tell me when, Tru Life, Memphis Bleek, Uncle Murder, Jadakiss are going to come out with albums. Jay-Z got over 300 Million dollars…How much Free got? Bob Marley fed up to 4000 people in Jamaica before he died, I bet he was not as rich as Jay. Giving is from the heart…Have u seen Jaz-O, Deheaven, Calvin Klein, all these people hating on Jay cuz of one thing…Hes the only one eating…
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:49 am
Co-Sign #50 FUCK #39…THATS ALL #39 had to say BITCH!!! Now that’s reatalk…”I know Im contradicting myself look I dont need that now” Reasoable Doubt…Jays still grimey…
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pm
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why u making statements witout finding out the facts
freeway has 3 videos out
beans has 2 videos out
internet is the new form of video entertainment.
so these videos are available on the net, rtny already posted them so get your facts straight.
your comments let us know what kinda man u are
if your man gets paid and u dont , u gonna be scheming on him or beggin for a hand out. thats not a real man
u naming all these rap artist and askin when is there album coming out. defjam put out more rap albums than any other label this year. everyone cant drop at the same time.
u would run your company into the ground if all u had was rap music. then your rappers would be dissin u too
ya’ll fuckin crab in a barrel ass nigga need to stay on your side of the fuckin tracks and dont contaminate the forward progress thinking black folks in the hood
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
@61
What does Freeway and Beanie Siegel have to do with this at all…Jay-Z cant live their lives for them..He can’t force them to have star power..he cant force networks to constantly play their videos..and he can’t force radio to play them…he was the President of Def Jam..its not the same as some rapper having their own vanity label where they are hands on with every project…he prolly just makes the big decisions and lets the other shit trickle down to the OTHER PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE..now Im not saying whether he was a good or bad President..but I dont see how there is anyway to judge that..I guess when Jay-Z’s the president nobody’s supposed to flop?..Tell me what little girl is gonna request Bienie Siegle to be played on the radio or on 106 and Park…for the record I have seen Freeways video’s on MTV Jams..these guys just arent that popular anymore..He can’t make people sale records and he cant make people interested in them..these artists have to take their careers in their own hands like Kanye did..and come up with their own marketing plans..you have to make people care about your project or only your tru fans will buy it..no matter how good it is..
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
i agree w/raekwon 100%… u people need to stop being so technical.. rae is not telling jay to come back to the streets and live.. he is just saying dont forget about what made u who u are.. dont forget about those people in the hood who want to hear the jay-z they grew up on , the jay-z who they tell people is the best rapper out.. thats the jay people want to hear… thats all he is saying and its true.. the last two albums he made were the worst in his career because he is trying to please a dif crowd.. like he said.. “i go to the mtv awards w/my durag on” .. and kanye west please, lets not even talk about that faggot ass nigga.. this nigga wouldnt even b signed if he came out in the 90’s… this new generation today thinks its ok to be gay.. u turn on tv u see 2 guys making out and its ok.. 10 years ago no one ever mention Common in discussions as the best lyrcist, now all of a sudden all these damn nerds(kanye, pharrel, lupe, common, etc) are the face of hiphop, like its ok to be a geek nowadays… the new generation is killing hip hop, dressing like fags w/these small shirts and jeans.. i mean i dont hate when niggas work hard and want to show they shit for the ladies , but when niggas look like they weigh 150 soak and wet and have on a tight shirt w/some tight jeans it looks gay.. but in todays time thats ok
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:43 pm
well said!!!
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:38 am
#65 is right about the Jay-Z part…Thats all I gotta say…Dont forget where u came from…All u guys saying that Jay should leave the people in the hood are the reason why Africa is still the same…Black people…U are all grimey in general. I am going to tell u all a secret right now…In order for black people to feel free they have to go back and give to their motherland…Africa…Most of u mothafuckas dont know where u came from…Sold into slavery, washed out ancestors, U think u from Brooklyn….Think again…
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
raekwon stupid ass hell the purpose of them fetting into this game was to make money and make a better life for themselves and there family just because they have money now dosent mean they forgot where they came for or is not trying to give back to help the community from which they came from its only so long you can be a dope boy or a g i see it as their just on their grown man status so people should respect that at the end of the day they still came from the block like many of us and made it people should be glad to see a black man or woman being successful
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Raekwon ALWAYS been a hater. You can tell how stupid he is and how broke he is. $100,000? LMAO. Jay told you back on “Money Ain’t A Thang” he spent that on his bracelet. Ask for real money Rae - and you still ain’t gettin’ it from them. JAY SAID ABOUT DEHAVEN - “MY HELP IS HELPING PEOPLE LIVE” LIKE HOW HE INSTALLED THOSE WATER PUMPS. THAT’S HELP NIGGA. “NOT GETTIN’ SOME NIGGA FROM THE HOOD FRESH. YOU GOTTA FIND YOUR OWN OUT.”
January 25th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
I call this new trend of rappers Disco Glitter Azz Commercial Niggaz.