Elsewhere, the latest Hip-Hop Connection has my pieces on The Rap Bandit, Killa Sha and the Siah & Yeshua re-issue.
Finally, the Hipster Rap Douchebag Poll got a nice boost in votes following the Kidz In The Hall response (also earning them some extra votes in the process!). Currently just short of 900 votes, it’s hardly on the level of the legendary First Annual Weed Carrier Awards, which clocked-up a staggering 13,000 votes, but it provided some cheap laughs nevertheless.
Marciano is unstoppable right now. Mossberg Season is going to shit on everything when it drops. I mean really, the only three albums you need to be considering messing with this year are this, Killa Sha‘s The Shepard and the P Brothers’The Gas (which will feature at least of one of the aforementioned MCs).
I mentioned this earlier, but after hearing the new LL Cool J mixtape I got to thinking that there seems to be a lot of ill will towards blogs by certain artists. Not sure if it’s gossip blogs, bootlegging blogs or just shit-talking blogs that have these dudes pissed, but I’ve interviewed both of ‘em and they never said anything about it, so I can’t help but wonder which spots are to blame. It’s kinda tough to fault J-Love‘s reasoning on this one though – a lot of rap blogs are gay as fuck.
J-Love - ‘Blogs R 4 Homos’ (cut ‘n paste highlights from his new CD)
If you’ve ever had the misfortune of having to sit through Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo, Rappin’ or even Posse, then get ready for more cinematic horrors in the not-too-distant future. Yeah, you guessed it – they started shooting the effin’ Biggie Smalls movie. After holding a nation-wide audition for the lead, the producers (I’m assuming Lil’ Cease is on as “creative consultant”) decided on Gravy, who – as luck would have it – just happens to be a fat rapper from Brooklyn. Actually, he was pretty much a shoe-in for the role months ago, but I’m guessing the auditions were some type of pointless publicity stunt. The point being – does anybody actually think this movie will be any good? Previous Rapsloitation flicks like Krush Groove at least had some live performances to distract us from the cheesy acting, and Beat Street had that dude who bit a can in half. Do you really need to see a young B.I.G. discovering that life as a shorty shouldn’t be so rough on the mean streets of Bed-Stuy before finding rap stardom, ugly Italian jumpers and finally getting his end in a dame with a blonde weave?
For all you ’80s fanatics, there have also been some reports that fruits like Cuba Gooding Jr. had been cast in the role of Engineer-All Star Marley Marl, and David Banner was to play Biz Markie in the Juice Crew flick! I doubt we’ll see this movie for another five years, but I’m sure that when The Vapors is finally made I’ll be first in line to see how badly it tells the story of how Big Daddy Kane, MC Shan and Roxanne Shante got their start. As long as Mario Van Peebles isn’t involved, I’m good. Admittedly, Paid In Full was pretty awesome despite not being an actual movie about rap, but if you ever peeped the back cover of Eric B. & Rakim‘s first album you know the deal (plus it good to see Cam’Ron making himself useful for a change). As for 8 Mile and Get Rich Or Die Trying? Blame them for this new wave of hip-hop themed films. OK, maybe not much Curtis’ caper. It’s only a matter of time before Kanye gives us his autobiographical magnum opus, although I suspect it will be closer to Tougher Than Leather or Cool As Ice than Style Wars. Here’s hoping the Black Eyed Peas get signed on for a remake of the Fat Boy‘s comedy vehicle Disorderlies.
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