01/18/07 - Top 10 Worst Trends In Hip Hop

that-damn-good · 01-18-2007, 12:23 PM

Thursday, January 18th, 2007
Top 10 worst trends in hip-hop
A big fat Boooo! to the whole kit & caboodle

Posted In: Columnists, Northern Touch by Tara Henley

What a strange couple days in hip-hop. On Friday, Jim Jones hacked into Tru Life’s MySpace page. (Really? The Dirt Angel is an e-gangsta now?) Apparently rap battles no longer take place in ciphers or on the radio or on wax. Now rappers air out their dirty laundry on social networking sites. All you rap nerds should be happy, since the line between reality and the Internet has officially been erased. The war is over, and the web won. Feel free to let loose with cyber talk around hot girls, post comments on blogs at 11:23 pm on a Friday night, freestyle endlessly about your MySpace friends, and generally embrace your geek leanings. Hip-hop is yours, my friends.

Tuesday night a fiasco with the RIAA landed former XXL blogger DJ Drama in jail. That’s right—jail. Drama spent the night in the slammer, and is now up on racketeering charges, essentially for being the hottest mixtape DJ out and promoting the crap out of a bunch of major label artists. Meanwhile, Fox News is having a freakin’ field day with the story. The network is clearly incapable of figuring out the difference between mixtapes and bootlegged CDs (along with the Recording Industry Association of America, whose job it is to represent, um, the music industry). In typical fashion, Fox is determined to bring a sensational, get-super-scared-now element to their coverage, pointing out that though there were no weapons or drugs found, these types of raids often turn up contraband. Apparently things that didn’t happen—but could have—now qualify as news.

All of this is enough to make a girl grumpy. In that spirit, allow me to share my top ten pet peeves with hip-hop right now.

The phrase BAALLLLINN! For obvious reasons.

Print hoodies. Actually, some print hoodies are kinda hot. For instance, the ones that Jay wore on BET on the 106 & Jay spot were pretty nice. But I’ve seen some dudes around my neighborhood on some serious bullshit. General rule of thumb: if the graphics on your sweatshirt look like they could have been jacked from a sixty year-old grandmother’s tacky sweater set, you might want to rethink rocking it.

Groupie tell-all books. One word: scandalous.

E-thugs. Random threats of violence from the comfort of your mother’s basement? Spewing a bunch of bile you would never say out loud IN CAPS? Cussing for the sake of cussing? So 2006.

Making it rain. Tossing handfuls of cash into the air for no apparent reason = an insult to poor folks everywhere.

The Girl Record. Please give that thug pillow talk a rest. We don’t believe you, you need more people.

New jacks taking shots at legends. Jeezy, Lil’ Wayne, I’m talking to you.

The hustler ethos. In the words of Cube: “Everybody’s hustling, ain’t nobody rapping.”

Directional dance songs. Please stop telling me what to do and let me dance already.

Random wannabe celebs nose-diving into the rap mix. I see you, Brooke Hogan.

G-Chobie · 01-18-2007, 12:35 PM

You left out ButterFly tattos.

Hakaroodi · 01-18-2007, 12:35 PM

lol.. propz...

scool · 01-18-2007, 12:43 PM

what a whore, she's obviously on jay z's dick

- she hates printed hoodies b ut the one jay wore was dope!

-lil wayne took a shot at jay z so now its fuck lil wayne

-hmm wonder why she hates baalin.. maybe cuz jimmy owned jay z?

i dunno why this is news, this is just one retarded female giving her opinion.. I mean, then I guess what I think is "news" too?

mrniceguy · 01-18-2007, 12:59 PM

props yo new skool i like ya picture on raditz, thats hot... anywayz jim jones hackin that dude webpage... that gangsta

Lick Tha Balls · 01-18-2007, 01:10 PM

90% of this site is E-Thugs! STEP YO GAME UP AND TALK THA POSIPOSITIVE NIGGA. IN THE WORDS OF BAMBI OR WAS IT THUMPER? IF YOU DONT GOT NOTHIN NICE TO SAY SHUT UP AND DON'T BE A NIGGA

RAZZ! · 01-18-2007, 01:18 PM

why the fuck all these motherfucker comin whit dragon ball shit .?.?.?.?..........DAMN.!!

RAZZ! · 01-18-2007, 01:18 PM

I Like Like Your Pictuere Goddamn We Got Little Kids In The House

R.o.B · 01-18-2007, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by G-Chobie

You left out ButterFly tattos.

yup

rEd20 · 01-18-2007, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by G-Chobie

You left out ButterFly tattos.

haha.....dat was a good comment ...

G-UNOTKILLA · 01-18-2007, 02:13 PM

Ya And Them Stupid Ass Chains On Da Jeans Tht Shyt Is Wack

Hip-Hop.Aint.Dead · 01-18-2007, 02:29 PM

haha the butterfly tatto aint on there

clipz · 01-18-2007, 02:29 PM

hahahahaaa

Fabuless · 01-18-2007, 02:59 PM

i dont even give a fuck lol

Candii-x · 01-18-2007, 03:11 PM

No 1 Cares

Smithilberry · 01-18-2007, 03:13 PM

lol... pretty funny....

joe_dubbs · 01-18-2007, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smithilberry

lol... pretty funny....

no doubt
props man

Ed-ucation · 01-18-2007, 03:52 PM

i would also have put the grillz it's fucking ugly

BANKS-THE-ILLEST · 01-18-2007, 04:02 PM

Wack ass chains definately....and grillss sorry, but they look shit.

Small Jo XL · 01-18-2007, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by that-damn-good

Making it rain. Tossing handfuls of cash into the air for no apparent reason = an insult to poor folks everywhere.

co-sign, thats 100% true....

ChUcK C · 01-18-2007, 04:49 PM

lol at dis thread

ns_diplomat · 01-18-2007, 04:52 PM

lmao.......... its so true haha

propzzzzzzzzzz

Rumford St RedRum Runner · 01-18-2007, 05:05 PM

yeah....i'm gonna ride with this statement. I hate e-gangstas

soldierunit · 01-18-2007, 05:49 PM

i agree wit all of those, some hoodys are cool but a lot are wack

CantPlayTheGame · 01-18-2007, 05:57 PM

i agree .....

01-18-2007, 12:23 PM	#1
that-damn-good Cerebral Assassin Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: MTL Posts: 7,589 Repped: 859 Repped 4,150 Times in 472 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	01/18/07 - Top 10 Worst Trends In Hip Hop 01/18/07 - Top 10 Worst Trends In Hip Hop Thursday, January 18th, 2007 Top 10 worst trends in hip-hop A big fat Boooo! to the whole kit & caboodle Posted In: Columnists, Northern Touch by Tara Henley What a strange couple days in hip-hop. On Friday, Jim Jones hacked into Tru Life’s MySpace page. (Really? The Dirt Angel is an e-gangsta now?) Apparently rap battles no longer take place in ciphers or on the radio or on wax. Now rappers air out their dirty laundry on social networking sites. All you rap nerds should be happy, since the line between reality and the Internet has officially been erased. The war is over, and the web won. Feel free to let loose with cyber talk around hot girls, post comments on blogs at 11:23 pm on a Friday night, freestyle endlessly about your MySpace friends, and generally embrace your geek leanings. Hip-hop is yours, my friends. Tuesday night a fiasco with the RIAA landed former XXL blogger DJ Drama in jail. That’s right—jail. Drama spent the night in the slammer, and is now up on racketeering charges, essentially for being the hottest mixtape DJ out and promoting the crap out of a bunch of major label artists. Meanwhile, Fox News is having a freakin’ field day with the story. The network is clearly incapable of figuring out the difference between mixtapes and bootlegged CDs (along with the Recording Industry Association of America, whose job it is to represent, um, the music industry). In typical fashion, Fox is determined to bring a sensational, get-super-scared-now element to their coverage, pointing out that though there were no weapons or drugs found, these types of raids often turn up contraband. Apparently things that didn’t happen—but could have—now qualify as news. All of this is enough to make a girl grumpy. In that spirit, allow me to share my top ten pet peeves with hip-hop right now. The phrase BAALLLLINN! For obvious reasons. Print hoodies. Actually, some print hoodies are kinda hot. For instance, the ones that Jay wore on BET on the 106 & Jay spot were pretty nice. But I’ve seen some dudes around my neighborhood on some serious bullshit. General rule of thumb: if the graphics on your sweatshirt look like they could have been jacked from a sixty year-old grandmother’s tacky sweater set, you might want to rethink rocking it. Groupie tell-all books. One word: scandalous. E-thugs. Random threats of violence from the comfort of your mother’s basement? Spewing a bunch of bile you would never say out loud IN CAPS? Cussing for the sake of cussing? So 2006. Making it rain. Tossing handfuls of cash into the air for no apparent reason = an insult to poor folks everywhere. The Girl Record. Please give that thug pillow talk a rest. We don’t believe you, you need more people. New jacks taking shots at legends. Jeezy, Lil’ Wayne, I’m talking to you. The hustler ethos. In the words of Cube: “Everybody’s hustling, ain’t nobody rapping.” Directional dance songs. Please stop telling me what to do and let me dance already. Random wannabe celebs nose-diving into the rap mix. I see you, Brooke Hogan. __________________

01-18-2007, 12:35 PM	#3
Hakaroodi G-UNIT SOLDIER Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 30,524 Repped: 14,432 Repped 952 Times in 224 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 49 Times in 45 Posts	lol.. propz... __________________

01-18-2007, 02:29 PM	#12
Hip-Hop.Aint.Dead N-Dubz Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 739 Repped: 75 Repped 209 Times in 29 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	haha the butterfly tatto aint on there __________________ " Imagine Going From Being a No-One To Seeing Everything Blow Up and All You Did Was Just Grow Up Mc'eein.. Its Fucking Crazy . . - Eminem .:UNDISPUTED G'Z:.

01-18-2007, 02:59 PM	#14
Fabuless Producer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 5,285 Repped: 2,380 Repped 204 Times in 59 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	i dont even give a fuck lol __________________ 20 G's for this watch, Are you sick G? A dot com on my arm, ThisIs50 - Chamillionaire

01-18-2007, 03:11 PM	#15
Candii-x PIMPETTE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: LONDON Posts: 252 Repped: 59 Repped 8 Times in 3 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	No 1 Cares __________________ ~ Yum..SEXALIOUSsss! ~

01-18-2007, 12:35 PM	#2
G-Chobie Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 405 Repped: 0 Repped 203 Times in 36 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	You left out ButterFly tattos.

01-18-2007, 12:43 PM	#4
scool Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: DA CHAT SEXHUN THRONE MAFUCCA.. DEEBO WUDDUP?? Posts: 20,134 Repped: 1,328 Repped 2,389 Times in 867 Posts Neg Reps: 267 Neg Repped at 488 Times in 326 Posts	what a whore, she's obviously on jay z's dick - she hates printed hoodies b ut the one jay wore was dope! -lil wayne took a shot at jay z so now its fuck lil wayne -hmm wonder why she hates baalin.. maybe cuz jimmy owned jay z? i dunno why this is news, this is just one retarded female giving her opinion.. I mean, then I guess what I think is "news" too?

01-18-2007, 12:59 PM	#5
mrniceguy Balla Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Harlem, New York Posts: 1,297 Repped: 10 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	props yo new skool i like ya picture on raditz, thats hot... anywayz jim jones hackin that dude webpage... that gangsta

01-18-2007, 01:10 PM	#6
Lick Tha Balls Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 70 Repped: 1 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	90% of this site is E-Thugs! STEP YO GAME UP AND TALK THA POSIPOSITIVE NIGGA. IN THE WORDS OF BAMBI OR WAS IT THUMPER? IF YOU DONT GOT NOTHIN NICE TO SAY SHUT UP AND DON'T BE A NIGGA

01-18-2007, 01:18 PM	#7
RAZZ! Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 44 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	why the fuck all these motherfucker comin whit dragon ball shit .?.?.?.?..........DAMN.!!

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G-UNOTKILLA DAT NIGGA DUSTBOY Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bedstuy, Brooklyn Posts: 28 Repped: 6 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ya And Them Stupid Ass Chains On Da Jeans Tht Shyt Is Wack

01-18-2007, 02:29 PM	#13
clipz LOL Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: 4 5 0 Posts: 858 Repped: 270 Repped 2 Times in 1 Post Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	hahahahaaa

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01-18-2007, 03:52 PM	#18
Ed-ucation Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,083 Repped: 416 Repped 98 Times in 58 Posts Neg Reps: 5 Neg Repped at 3 Times in 3 Posts	i would also have put the grillz it's fucking ugly __________________

01-18-2007, 04:02 PM	#19
BANKS-THE-ILLEST gradey uk boy Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 179 Repped: 35 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Wack ass chains definately....and grillss sorry, but they look shit.

01-18-2007, 04:49 PM	#21
ChUcK C Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Southside Jamaica Queens,New York Posts: 7,072 Repped: 2,941 Repped 27 Times in 13 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	lol at dis thread

01-18-2007, 04:52 PM	#22
ns_diplomat Reppin' 514 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 514 - MTL - 514 Posts: 14,954 Repped: 664 Repped 1,326 Times in 540 Posts Neg Reps: 42 Neg Repped at 76 Times in 61 Posts	lmao.......... its so true haha propzzzzzzzzzz __________________ G-Unit/Shady/Aftermath!! "Shout out to all the people in Montreal - Montreal is real hood. Real gangsta out there." - Juelz Santana

01-18-2007, 05:05 PM	#23
Rumford St RedRum Runner Veteran Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,490 Repped: 124 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	yeah....i'm gonna ride with this statement. I hate e-gangstas

01-18-2007, 05:49 PM	#24
soldierunit SoldierUnit Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Va Posts: 3,155 Repped: 145 Repped 10 Times in 4 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	i agree wit all of those, some hoodys are cool but a lot are wack

01-18-2007, 05:57 PM	#25
CantPlayTheGame Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 33 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	i agree .....

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