"Say My Name" Subliminal Rap Disses. Clever or Coward?

Dissing in hip-hop has always been a long traditional and rite of passage. No matter who you are, your status as the top emcee or femcee, you are likely to get dissed. If you are considered to be a top emcee you are more than likely to get dissed by someone on the come up who wants to make a name for themselves. Personally I see nothing wrong with that. I mean back in the day when you freestyled on the block, if you were nice, you weren't considered the best unless you went up against the best freestyler on the block.

Now the block has become the entire country, and even the entire world. In the words of the late great NOTORIOUS B.I.G "Whoever thought hip-hop would take it this far?" So with that being said, it's not uncommon for a relatively unknown rapper to come in the game and diss an established artist. 50 cent dropped "How to Rob" and he name dropped alot people in game, hell he even went after Brian Mcknight. Now what the hell would Mr. Back at one do to 50.

Okay let me get to the point. In the histroy of hip-hop rap disses. rappers have chose sometimes to say the name of the person their spitting lyrical venom at, and some choose not to. For example, Tupac said in his classic "Hit'em Up" record, "Biggie Smalls & Jr. Mafia some mark a$$ B!%ches". You have Nas's "Ether", Jay-Z's "Takeover" and more recently Common diss to Drake on "Stay Schemin" remix.

In today's hip-hop enviornmemnt, the disses are still coming, but they require a little imgaination. For example, when Drake disses Common he doesn't really say his name, when Nicki dissed Kim she never said her name, However to be fair Kim never said Nicki name either, but when you make an entire mixtape based of an artist album, with the artist decapited we kind of get the picture.

If you notice most of these artist I mentioned who says names came up in the 90's era of hip-hop and the latter came in in the new millenium. This kind of tells me its a generational thing. But does it matter, does it make you a weaker or stronger person by saying the name of the person your dissing? Is that to easy? Or is it clever to diss someone indirectly and we have to guess who it's about? Both are fine with me, I love a good battle, as long as it stays on wax. What do you think?

Has Common recorded "The Bitch in You" Pt 2?

If you are an old head when it comes to hip-hop then you may remember the Common Vs. Ice Cube beef in the early 90's. Common caught the wrath of Ice Cube and the Westside connection over his classic song "I used to love her". Those two went back and forth until the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan intervened and help squash the beef.

 

Well In 2012, Common is beefing with Drake. This is all fun and lyrics even though some people are trying to suggest it could turn into something more. Well, I am hearing rumors that Common has braced for a Drake reply and recorded (or will record) “The Bitch  In Yoo” Part 2 for Drake.  If this is true, I am assuming it is under the anticipation that Drake may return with a diss. Based on what Baby of Cash Money  recently proclaimed, I don’t see Drake having much more to say. Also, I think quiet as kept, people realize that this could be a brand problem for Drizzy, not a Hip-Hop one. IF “The Bitch In Yoo” Part 2 comes out do you think it would measure up to the original? Based on “Sweet,” I think so. Maybe Drake should take the beat first and run with it!

Do you call this real beef? 

Church claims Beyonce & Jay-Z baby is Satan

Some Idiot in North Carolina vandalized a sign outside a church to read “Beyonce had her baby, Satan is on earth.”

According to other sources, the pastor at Beulah Hill Baptist Church in West End, NC said that he discovered the vandalism yesterday after receiving numerous complaints from locals — and removed it immediately. The pastor insists, the church had nothing to do with the apocalyptic message … it was simply the victim in a random act of mischief.


If you ask me, this is starting to get out of hand. All this Illuminati, devil worshipping nonsense. And then to involve an innocent baby. it makes me wonder who the real devils are

I'm not the only one getting tired of this. This is what Beyonce's little sister solange had to say on twitter.

"It has really gotten out of hand. I've been doing my best at keeping my mouth shut....but the ignorance is really sad and upsetting".

What do you think?



Jay-Z & Beyonce baby Girl (Blue Ivy carter) makes Billboard History

Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles-Carter's newborn daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, is already taking after her parents by becoming the youngest person to make it on a Billboard chart.

By Jay putting his newborns vocals on his new song "Glory" He has put her in the history books

Blue Ivy Carter, Born Jan. 7, becomes the youngest person ever credited with gracing a Billboard chart, as Jay-Z's newly-recorded studio cut "Glory" -- officially billed as "featuring B.I.C.," an abbreviation of Blue Ivy Carter -- begins on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at No. 74. (For historical purposes, this week's Billboard charts are dated Jan. 21). (Billboard)

Nicki Minaj Performing at 2012 Grammy Awards

Awards season is upon us, and on Wednesday night (January 11) Nicki Minaj was confirmed as a performer at the 2012 Grammys. Minaj shared the news by simply retweeting TheGRAMMYs Twitter announcement, “Happy to welcome @nickiminaj as a first-time performer on our GRAMMY Awards stage on Feb. 12! #GRAMMYs.” She’ll have plenty of help from some of this year's other nominees.

Mnaj is nominated in four categories, including Best New Artist, where she'll be up against Bon Iver, Skrillex, J. Cole and the Band Perry. While many of the most decorated acts typically perform on the show, there is no word yet on whether the night's leading nominee, Kanye West, who has seven nods, will play on the show.