Rolling 2006 Hip Hop Thread

West coast rappers Ras Kass and The Game squared off in a physical confrontation last night (Sept. 14) at a Los Angeles club.

Both of the internationally respected West coast rappers were in club Element, when Game confronted Ras Kass over the lyrics to the song "Caution," a song Ras Kass recorded over a year ago.

"Get a thousand tattoos and won't raise ya gun / so when you get merked I'ma raise ya son"

The lyrics to the song sparked the confrontation between the two men.

"The ni**a tried to jump me 30 to 2, yet I'm alive and chillin' my sweater is still white and all my jewelry intact," Ras Kass told AllHipHop.com in a statement. "Game is a 'Change of Heart,' stripping, fake-ass blood who sold some records riding Dr Dre's shirt tails. I guess he thought this would help him sell some more records. I was so unfazed by it all that I went up to his car afterwards and challenged him right there. Game is no match for me physically or lyrically."

Game told AllHipHop.com that he never had a problem with Ras Kass until the rapper dissed him on the track.

He also disputed Ras Kass' account of the confrontation.

"Aint nobody hit that dude but me, he's crazy talking about 30 people," Game told AllHipHop.com. "I never had beef and never met Ras Kass, unless it was a quick exhange saying hello. He talked about my son by name. You can say what you want about me, but what does my son got to do with it? I seen the n***a in the club. I walked up to him in the club and it was my mans birthday, so I didn't want to mess up his party. When the lights came on, at the end I asked him about the freestyle. He said it wasn't nothing, but he started in on that 'it's whatever I'm Ras Kass and punched him in the face before he could finish."

According to representatives for Ras Kass, he has no intentions on continuing the feud.

"He can sell records on his own dime," Ras Kass said alluding to Game's upcoming album The Doctor's Advocate.

"I don't benefit me to mess with these kinds of small cats," Game said, adding that he would not be responding to Ras Kass lyrically either.

"Ras Kass' career is over," Game said. "I ended it with that one punch last night."

so glad new jeezy is a toomp-produced trapstar sequel banger instead of some candy shop bullshit

http://www.streethop.com/forum/article168736.html

Other times when I've had to "match wits" with such morons its usually really really aggressive teenage black girls (absolutely THE FUCKING WORST people to be stuck on a bus with in SF) - and they seem to get confused when a nerdy-lookin white guy (ie, me) can a) understand what they're saying, b) talk back to them in like manner and c) doesn't show any signs of being scared of "crazy black people" (which is usually the first accusation out of their mouths - "oh, you don't wanna fuck with me, I'm BLACK!" yeah, so what?)

-- Shakey Mo Collier (audiobo...), June 24th, 2005.

Poor DMX.

-- max (maxrea...), September 26th, 2006. (later)"

so what tracks should i look for?

are you sure it wasn't "do your ears hang low"

Oh yeah, Kelefa wrote about it in the NY Times--

September 17, 2006 N.Y. Times
Playlist
Yo, Do Your Ears Hang Low?
By KELEFA SANNEH
Jibbs

It is one of the oldest tunes in the American repertory. In the 19th century it was a minstrel mainstay known, depending on the lyrics, as “Zip Coon” or “Turkey in the Straw.” More recently the same tune has been appropriated for a children’s song (“Do Your Ears Hang Low?”) and for the ice-cream-truck jingle that you may be hearing for a few more weeks. And now, thanks to the St. Louis rapper Jibbs, the old song provides the basis for a new hip-hop hit, “Chain Hang Low” (Geffen), which should still be playing on the radio long after the ice cream trucks have gone into hibernation. He raps — brays really — the verses and a chorus of children sings the refrain (“Do your chain hang low? Do it wobble to the flo’?/Do it shine in the light? Is it platinum? Is it gold?”). Perhaps without meaning to, Jibbs has updated one of the most popular melodies of the blackface era, reprising a song that has been stuck in American heads for a few centuries."

are you sure it wasn't "do your ears hang low"

-- deej.. (clublonel...), September 27th, 2006 10:19 AM.

wtf, deej, you haven't heard the Jibbs song that's all over radio/tv?

-- Alex in Baltimore (shipley.a...), September 27th, 2006 11:14 AM.

it was a (shitty) joke

This drops on October 31st. It's A.G. of DITC. (you know, Showbiz & A.G.) It's got production from Jay Dee (aka J. Dilla); Madlib; Jake One; Oh No; DJ Design; Tommy Tee; Cochese; Showbiz; Lord Finesse; Dabrye.

Of what I've heard of it so far, which is quite a few tracks - it's really great + fresh. Anyone else heard this or anticipating it?

who's that chick that paul wall did that recent video with?

http://pics.hollywoodrag.com/gallery3/images/brookegrill3_thumb.jpg

http://pics.hollywoodrag.com/gallery3/images/brookegrill1.jpg

i hate this!

why sample p.e.??? such a boring mess, kinda like every other shitty attempt at early 90s revival from the last couple years - no momentum, ugly beat, meaningless jay rhymes = trash

Anybody heard? First single "How the Hustlers Do It" is weeeeak. Some audio previews here:

http://www.coconuts.com/product.aspx?sku=202985130&loc=50231

fuck that

"Pimp this ride"