somebody in the hip hop game got to step up 2 the plate, so it wasnt no suprise my nig NAS took the lead. Respect!

Who else has the balls to do that? In today’s hip hop ignorance is bliss and social irrelavence is even better. Hip Hop is the voice of a culture, but most of our more prominant artist choose to play the back, or attempt to discredit those who speak out(50 Cent, Jim Jones). I realize that everyone cant do it, some aint built for it, but atleast they could back the man/women who are. It’s alot more to life than money, but since most of these cats get in the game for that reason alone, they cant see anything else. I remember when i was coming up, if you didnt have lyrics, you didnt rap. You NEVER heard a “MC” say “I aint no rapper”. If you did say that, you would quickly be written off. I hear alot of that these days, crazy shit is these are the fuckers who sell. How you can you call yourself hot today and say you not a rapper tomorrow? Maybe its me, I probaly take the shit too serious. I only listen to a handfull of artist and Nas is at the top of my list. The term “Staying Power” is not used enough in Hip Hop, mainly because few have it. Nas has it. I hate to use the old cliche but…”If you dont stand for something, you’ll fall for anything”. The measure of an artist success is not measured by sales, its measured by the effectiveness, delivery, legitimacy, and power of his/her message. Stop Playin Wit Me!!!!!