Peace All,
I'll be the first to admit the Jay-Z Kingdom Come album isn't what I expected,but that was because I thought it was gonna be the same old Blingy kinda thing (uhhh....ok) But what the new album is "Mature-Rap".A lot of kats gonna have a problem with that because a lot of the hip-hop generation frowns on GROWTH and anything other than STREET SH*T,COCAINE RAP & such.But there comes a time when as an adult you have to grow,it's human nature....EVOLUTION even.But what i see from the majority of the rap-dudes today is Jay-Z bashing and why? Because he's grown into something else,something more than a rapper and that breeds resentment and jealousy.Should'nt we all celebrate the fact that he's doing bigger thing like his "Water For Life Project" http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/ I mean these are things that are really important in the grand scheme of life...right? It's like we have to strive to do something other than standing on the block,cook coke,pimpin',and shooting people.I remember in 1994 A Tribe Called Quest defended hip-hop by saying "We rap about what we see" So did Mobb Depp "It's our hood,it's where we're from" I totally defended it too,I respect that 100%.But 10-15 years later a lotta rappers ryhming about the same sh*t.At some point you gotta stop glorifying the hood and promoting the CELEBRATION OF IGNORANCE.Ok we know the hood is bad,bad sh*t goes on there,but where are the solutions? I heard you rapping about the same thing forever....where are the solutions? Again peep this Fat Joe interview ripping Jay-Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrR9FzPBczQ
I mean why would Fat Joe diss Jay-Z? Because he does'nt come to the hood and stand outside to "Keep it real" we all gotta stopping knocking kats for doing OTHER THINGS than riding through the hood to show you're still down.It's dumb
Dig this Raekwon performance,where he rips into Jay-Z http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxpn49AhEc
What's the point? I mean we all need to unite and fix what the problems in urban enviorments like (education,poverty,teenage pregnancy,HIV,gun violence,drugs)
SOLUTIONS.....SOLUTIONS....SOLUTIONS..I grew up in the Projects in the 80'(In the crack era) so i saw the Projects turn to f*ckin' Vietnam literally overnight.It was the worst possible situation you could ever imagine.I still have scars from growing up in those circumstance.But I turned it all into a positive(as best I could) because when i climbed out of there I knew what type of man I had to be....RESPECTFUL,RESPONSIBLE,HUMBLE & THANKFUL.The youth is soooo far gone,it's my responsibilty to do MY SHARE to shine some type of light and let them know there's more to life than what they see everyday.Thats the purpose of Peace Denim Co. Yeah,we're gonna give you a hot,quality clothing line but we're here to shine light in the dark as well.That's why it annoys me to see infighting again & again in hip-hop because a man chose to GROW and do bigger things a make a real mark.Isn't that what we strive to become? You see these "Keep it Real Hood"dudes that come through the block in a 745iBMW and buy drinks for the lil dudes that hug the block,but at the end of the day that same dude drives to the suburbs,while that lil dude from the hood is sleeping in the projects.How real is that? Why not tell these lil dudes to educate & empower themselves so they don't have to struggle on the block and live in the projects.Lead by example,help these Kids! We can't play the hood forever.
This is the meaning of life....and aint this the perfect ending?
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