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also gotta say sly boogie is on top of his shit. people gotta give that dude more love.he got a dope underground hip hop style flow and actually knows how to write good songs.and i gotta say, just cuz you dont sell a million off the bat doesnt mean your a failure or a flop.dudes got that record industry bullshit stuck in their shit to much.these dudes should just drop albums and go promote full time, go tour, get on the radio stations, internet, whatever.its like artists dont have any hustle anymore. just cuz they drop a couple mixtapeson the net or a youtube video they think they're gonna generate a buzz.
damn u still havent logged off...ur hurting everyone with all this wack shit u drop, it hurts more then getting the swine fluQuote from: Laconic on March 16, 2010, 08:21:33 AMTue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:15 AM By: Ice CubeMe and Mack 10 together again? I never say never, but he has the kiss the ring first.Cubegbee:@ Petey: you sound like a broken record, time to grow up.
Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:15 AM By: Ice CubeMe and Mack 10 together again? I never say never, but he has the kiss the ring first.Cube
Yeah the New West does suck. Fans are so desperate, they'll like anyone. Ya Boy, Clyde, all this shit. It all completely sucks. Like it might be good for independent market, or mixtapes. But none of these guys will EVER release a full album, even near a major label. The only guys who had a chance were people like Sly Boogy, or Crooked I or Bishop. Fuck the new west. Bishop been waiting like 2 years for his album, and even he isn't very good. If Quik and the Hamburglar can't get a deal for that Fixxers crap, what chance does some no name kid? The Game lucked out because of Dre and 50. And Dre has proven he can't release albums in a timely manner anyways.The fact is, sales killed the West. Album sales are down for every hip hop act. So labels look to people like 50, or Game, or Snoop, or Jay-Z, people who have sold millions, to sell more. It's less of a risk. Release a 50 Cent album, you'll sell gold every time. Same with a lot of older artists.Why would they invest in new talent (which isn't even very good) if they won't sell more then what the artists they already have? The New West won't do shit for music unless people like Quik, or Dre make it happen.
I have seen some good points in here. I want to believe that we have some new blood, but I just don't see how it's going to happen for us right now. I have always thought it was funny how rap fans always talk about who's next to blow up. Who has the potential, who's going to be the next Jay, Snoop, Dre. Thing is, the ones who come out are usually people we have never heard of before, and they seem to get bigger breaks than the ones we know about.I remember when The Game came out. In 2002, West Coast rap fans were saying "Crooked I, Sly Boogy, Knoc-Turn'al, Hittman are next, they just need a chance." Then out of nowhere, we read that Dre signed some Compton rapper named THE GAME to Aftermath. Most fans said, who the hell is he? Why didn't he signed Crooked? What happened to Hittman? Why didn't he push Knoc? We all thought he would be another one to get dropped. But surprisingly, he came out and blew up.Same time period, we heard songs on the radio and said, Is this some more Biggie unreleased music? Then we found out that it was not Biggie, it was a rapper named Guerilla Black from Compton. Again, we said Who the hell is he? Why does he get videos when these other rappers don't? Even smaller things have happened. Who has heard of the L.A.X. Boys? Who has heard of Board Bangers? Well, I saw both of their videos on BET in 2007. They are all from L.A., but we didn't know anything about them at all. Companies just saw something gimmicky in them, which doesn't mean they do or don't have talent. But they had something, good or bad, that companies decided to promote, versus all of the other artists we have.I just think things will be like this for a while. We will talk about every artist that we listed, and we might see an occasional video from somebody like G. Malone who has "Certified" sprinkled in on Rap City. But watch us see 3-4 more WHO THE FUCK ARE THEY, WHY ISN'T THAT CROOKED I OR JAY ROCK rappers end up with radio singles that get play on radio and BET.
I am a true fan of California rap, especially for L.A. I have been hearing a lot of people talk about the "NEW WEST" as in the new age of West Coast Rappers, but really meaning the L.A. ones. I have talked to a lot of the newer cats who are coming up, and a lot of them do have their independent deals and everything. That's cool. But, most of them complain about how the fans don't want to hear anything new, and how DJ's will still play all of the 90's artists and nothing new.I do feel that it is time for new blood on the West. But, The "NEW WEST" just hasn't been cuttin it for me. For one, it's not just about how good you can rap, it's about how good your songs and albums are. Yeah, I've heard all the rappers that people talk about on here, and some of them can rap. The main problem is that everybody wants to say "the South is on top, and we got better rappers than them." Yeah we might, but what kind of music have we put out?I think a lot of "NEW WEST" rappers are lyrically better than some of our 90's legends. But, they haven't made the product to prove anything. Their songs either sound like C-grade versions of the South's hits, or C-grade versions of what we've been doing since the 90's. It's more to it than just who can rap, or make a decent catchy song. I havent heard anything from these new cats that made me feel that they had the potential to make a timeless classic album. When my cousins in Brooklyn ask me what we got next that will "bring the West back" I tell them that I don't even care anymore. If you think about it, we've spent 8-10 years asking this question. But we were only on "Top" for 3-5 years max, and even then, the East was right there. Crooked I shouldnt even count as a New West artist. I think he is the best rapper we have, but he cannot make songs! Sly Boogy made much better songs that Crooked ever has.